The JungleNew American Library, 1980 - 350 pages 1906 bestseller shockingly reveals intolerable labor practices and unsanitary working conditions in the Chicago stockyards as it tells the brutally grim story of a Slavic family that emigrates to America full of optimism but soon descends into numbing poverty, moral degradation, and despair. A fiercely realistic American classic that will haunt readers long after they've finished the last page. |
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... cried Jurgis . " She's cut her hand ! " said the boy . " She's cut it bad , this time , worse than before . She can't work and it's all turning green , and the company doctor says she may - she may have to have it cut off . And Marija cries ...
... cried Jurgis . " She's cut her hand ! " said the boy . " She's cut it bad , this time , worse than before . She can't work and it's all turning green , and the company doctor says she may - she may have to have it cut off . And Marija cries ...
Page 187
... cried again : " Well ? " And then , by the light of the smoky lamp , he saw Marija , who sat nearest him , shaking her head slowly . " Not yet , " she said . And Jurgis gave a cry of dismay . “ Not yet ? ” Again Marija's head shook ...
... cried again : " Well ? " And then , by the light of the smoky lamp , he saw Marija , who sat nearest him , shaking her head slowly . " Not yet , " she said . And Jurgis gave a cry of dismay . “ Not yet ? ” Again Marija's head shook ...
Page 284
... cried to the crowd , which now amounted to twenty or thirty , and they began to pass through . Scarcely had the last one disap- peared , however , before there were cries from in front , and then the panic - stricken throng poured out ...
... cried to the crowd , which now amounted to twenty or thirty , and they began to pass through . Scarcely had the last one disap- peared , however , before there were cries from in front , and then the panic - stricken throng poured out ...
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Chapter 1 | 7 |
Chapter 2 | 25 |
Chapter 3 | 35 |
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