The JungleAnn Arbor Editions LLC, 2006 - 333 pages One of the most harrowing novels ever written, this vivid depiction of the meatpacking industry in Chicago not only aroused the indignation of the public but was instrumental in bringing about the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act. |
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... soul to the end , stretching out her arms to him , pleading with him , begging him for love and tenderness . And she had suffered - so cruelly she had suffered , such agonies , such infa- mies - ah , God , the memory of them was not to ...
... soul to the end , stretching out her arms to him , pleading with him , begging him for love and tenderness . And she had suffered - so cruelly she had suffered , such agonies , such infa- mies - ah , God , the memory of them was not to ...
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... soul were spoken upon earth , if once the anguish of its defeat were uttered in human speech , it would break the stoutest barriers of prejudice , it would shake the most sluggish soul to action ! It would abash the most cynical , it ...
... soul were spoken upon earth , if once the anguish of its defeat were uttered in human speech , it would break the stoutest barriers of prejudice , it would shake the most sluggish soul to action ! It would abash the most cynical , it ...
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... soul ? " And Jurgis was a man whose soul had been murdered , who had ceased to hope and to struggle - who had made terms with degrada- tion and despair ; and now , suddenly , in one awful convulsion , the black and hideous fact was made ...
... soul ? " And Jurgis was a man whose soul had been murdered , who had ceased to hope and to struggle - who had made terms with degrada- tion and despair ; and now , suddenly , in one awful convulsion , the black and hideous fact was made ...
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Section 2 | 21 |
Section 3 | 30 |
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