The Jungle (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
by Upton Sinclair, Eric Schlosser, Ronald S. Gottesman
3.7
(204 ratings)388 pages1905Penguin ClassicsISBN 9780143039587
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About this book
Upton Sinclair's dramatic and deeply moving story exposed the brutal conditions in the Chicago stockyards at the turn of the nineteenth century and brought into sharp moral focus the appalling odds against which immigrants and other working people struggled for their share of the American dream. Denounced by the conservative press as an un-American libel on the meatpacking industry, the book was championed by more progressive thinkers, including then President Theodore Roosevelt, and was a major catalyst to the passing of the Pure Food and Meat Inspection act, which has tremendous impact to this day.
Publication Details
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Published
- 1905
- Pages
- 388
- ISBN
- 9780143039587
- Language
- en
About Upton Sinclair
Upton Sinclair, Jr., was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American author who wrote over 90 books in many genres. He achieved popularity in the first half of the 20th century, acquiring particular fame for his 1906 muckraking novel The Jungle. It exposed conditions in the U.S. meat packing industry, causing a public uproar that contributed in part to the passage a few months later of the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act. --Wikipedia
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junkbooks★★★★☆8/18/2026
Upset it sat in my backpack for years before I tackled this on. Great read. Shoutout socialism
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