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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... morning , fighting with each other for a chance for life . Blizzards and cold made no difference to them , they were always on hand ; they were on hand two hours before the sun rose , an hour before the work began . Sometimes their ...
... morning , fighting with each other for a chance for life . Blizzards and cold made no difference to them , they were always on hand ; they were on hand two hours before the sun rose , an hour before the work began . Sometimes their ...
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... morning in February the little boy who worked at the lard machine with Stanislovas came about an hour late , and screaming with pain . They unwrapped him , and a man began vigorously rubbing his ears , and as they were frozen stiff , it ...
... morning in February the little boy who worked at the lard machine with Stanislovas came about an hour late , and screaming with pain . They unwrapped him , and a man began vigorously rubbing his ears , and as they were frozen stiff , it ...
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... morning . " " Good morning , " said Jurgis . " A rum go for Christmas , eh ? " added the other . Jurgis nodded . The newcomer went to the bunks and inspected the blan- kets ; he lifted up the mattress , and then dropped it with an ...
... morning . " " Good morning , " said Jurgis . " A rum go for Christmas , eh ? " added the other . Jurgis nodded . The newcomer went to the bunks and inspected the blan- kets ; he lifted up the mattress , and then dropped it with an ...
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Chapter 1 | 7 |
Chapter 2 | 25 |
Chapter 3 | 35 |
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