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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... door . It was all Marija Berczynskas . Marija was one of those hungry souls who cling with desperation to the skirts ... door open , and the night air was chill ; Marija as she passed would stretch out her foot and kick the doorknob ...
... door . It was all Marija Berczynskas . Marija was one of those hungry souls who cling with desperation to the skirts ... door open , and the night air was chill ; Marija as she passed would stretch out her foot and kick the doorknob ...
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... door . In the morning , however , he was up and out nearly an hour before the usual time . Jadvyga Marcinkus lived on the other side of the yards , beyond Halsted Street , with her mother and sisters , in a single basement room - for ...
... door . In the morning , however , he was up and out nearly an hour before the usual time . Jadvyga Marcinkus lived on the other side of the yards , beyond Halsted Street , with her mother and sisters , in a single basement room - for ...
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... door of the room opened softly , and the butler came in . He walked toward Jurgis upon tiptoe , scowling at him ; and Jurgis rose up , and retreated , scowling back . So until he was against the wall , and then the butler came close ...
... door of the room opened softly , and the butler came in . He walked toward Jurgis upon tiptoe , scowling at him ; and Jurgis rose up , and retreated , scowling back . So until he was against the wall , and then the butler came close ...
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Chapter 1 | 7 |
Chapter 2 | 25 |
Chapter 3 | 35 |
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