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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... girl , and she knew that the talebearers and the toadies hated her for the same reason , and were doing their best to make her life miserable . But there was no place a girl could go in Packingtown , if she was particular about things ...
... girl , and she knew that the talebearers and the toadies hated her for the same reason , and were doing their best to make her life miserable . But there was no place a girl could go in Packingtown , if she was particular about things ...
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... girls were fairly desperate ; their wages had gone down by a full third in the past two years , and a storm of ... girl who had carried the red flag went downtown and got a position in a great department store , at a salary of two ...
... girls were fairly desperate ; their wages had gone down by a full third in the past two years , and a storm of ... girl who had carried the red flag went downtown and got a position in a great department store , at a salary of two ...
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... girl . " What you want wid her ? ” " I want to see her , " said he ; " she's a relative of mine . " The girl hesitated a moment . Then she opened the door and said , " Come in . " Jurgis came and stood in the hall , and she continued ...
... girl . " What you want wid her ? ” " I want to see her , " said he ; " she's a relative of mine . " The girl hesitated a moment . Then she opened the door and said , " Come in . " Jurgis came and stood in the hall , and she continued ...
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Chapter 1 | 7 |
Chapter 2 | 25 |
Chapter 3 | 35 |
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