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The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

83 Ratings: 3.1
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair - Classic Fiction

Product Description  In this powerful book we enter the world of  Jurgis Rudkus, a young Lithuanian immigrant who arrives  in America fired with dreams of wealth, freedom,  and opportunity. And we discover, with … see full wiki

Author: Upton Sinclair
Genre: Classic Fiction
Publisher: Bantam Classics; 1 edition (September 1, 1981)
Date Published: 1906
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Quick Tip by . October 07, 2010
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Muckraking journalism at its best. You'll never eat sausage again.
Quick Tip by . October 06, 2010
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Good up until a certain point - then the focus and feel of the entire novel shifts and sort of messes it up. But hey, as long as kids aren't working near meat grinders anymore...
Quick Tip by . August 26, 2010
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'The Jungle' is heartbreaking and in vivid detail brings home the injustice of immigrants arriving in America and living in squalor.
Quick Tip by . July 17, 2010
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You will not want to eat for months after reading this but you will gain a vivid insight into the challenges of immigrants in American history.
Quick Tip by . July 16, 2010
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Brilliant and disturbing in a real way, "The Jungle, " will ensure your hesitancy to work in a meat plant... if ya, you know, ever wanted to.
Quick Tip by . July 15, 2010
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Do not go into this expecting a novel. Expect a socialist pamphlet ever so thinly veiled with a story. There's never really any good commentary and the characters are very flat throughout.
Quick Tip by . July 06, 2010
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really interesting look at an immigrant community that is often overlooked in history
Quick Tip by . July 02, 2010
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Depressing and shocking at points. Makes you happy that things have changed.
Quick Tip by . July 02, 2010
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Maybe it would be wise to eat this on a day you don't plan on eating any meat.
Quick Tip by . June 24, 2010
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This is the only novel I remember reading for high school English classes. And I'm a high school English teacher now! This story really nailed me with the systematic break-down of a once proud and strapping young man. Talk about a cruel world slowly crushing us.
Quick Tip by . June 19, 2010
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Wow. This book was awful.
review by . December 01, 2008
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
Upton Sinclair was required reading for me back in the good ol' school days. This was one book on the required list that I enjoyed. It is a compelling and horrible story about turn of the century business practices and industry's complete lack of compassion for human beings. I had forgotten how good it was and recently re-read it. It is the story of Jurgis and his family, who immigrate to America, and who are misled from the very beginning, exploited by everyone along their path for the few pennies …
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