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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... woman with pencil and notebook , keeping count of the number they finished . This woman was , of course , only human , and sometimes made mistakes ; when this happened , there was no redress - if on Saturday you got less money than you ...
... woman with pencil and notebook , keeping count of the number they finished . This woman was , of course , only human , and sometimes made mistakes ; when this happened , there was no redress - if on Saturday you got less money than you ...
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... woman would have it all on in a jiffy ; and when she had several on , she would press a lever , and a stream of sausage meat would be shot out , taking the casing with it as it came . Thus one might stand and see ap- pear , miraculously ...
... woman would have it all on in a jiffy ; and when she had several on , she would press a lever , and a stream of sausage meat would be shot out , taking the casing with it as it came . Thus one might stand and see ap- pear , miraculously ...
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... woman was watching him narrowly . " How much do you pay ? " she demanded . " Must I pay now - right away ? " " Yes ; all my customers do . " " I - I haven't much money , " Jurgis began in an agony of dread . " I've been in - in trouble ...
... woman was watching him narrowly . " How much do you pay ? " she demanded . " Must I pay now - right away ? " " Yes ; all my customers do . " " I - I haven't much money , " Jurgis began in an agony of dread . " I've been in - in trouble ...
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Chapter 2 | 25 |
Chapter 3 | 35 |
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