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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... crowd his department and spoil the record he was trying to make - but he said not a word except " All right . ” And so Jurgis became a workingman once more ; and straightway he sought out his old friends , and joined the union , and ...
... crowd his department and spoil the record he was trying to make - but he said not a word except " All right . ” And so Jurgis became a workingman once more ; and straightway he sought out his old friends , and joined the union , and ...
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... crowd , and they went thundering away at a gallop . Some steers had just escaped from the yards , and the strikers had got hold of them , and there would be the chance of a scrap ! They went out at the Ashland Avenue gate , and over in ...
... crowd , and they went thundering away at a gallop . Some steers had just escaped from the yards , and the strikers had got hold of them , and there would be the chance of a scrap ! They went out at the Ashland Avenue gate , and over in ...
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... crowd to give back . At the same instant a stout woman , with painted cheeks and diamonds in her ears , came running down the stairs , panting breathlessly : " To the rear ! Quick ! " She led the way to a back staircase , Jurgis ...
... crowd to give back . At the same instant a stout woman , with painted cheeks and diamonds in her ears , came running down the stairs , panting breathlessly : " To the rear ! Quick ! " She led the way to a back staircase , Jurgis ...
Table des matières
Chapter 1 | 7 |
Chapter 2 | 25 |
Chapter 3 | 35 |
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