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''The most famous, influential, and enduring of all muckraking novels.'' --Merriam Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature

''More telling and more moving than even the works of Dickens and Zola.'' --Atlantic Monthly

''More telling and more moving than even the works of Dickens and Zola.'' --Atlantic Monthly

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Upton Beall Sinclair Jr. (September 20, 1878 November 25, 1968), was an American author and one-time candidate for governor of California who wrote close to one hundred books in many genres. He achieved popularity in the first half of the twentieth century, acquiring particular fame for his classic muckraking novel, The Jungle (1906). 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. Time magazine called him "a man with every gift except humor and silence."

Paperback: 412 pages
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform (May 22, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1613823568
ISBN-13: 978-1613823569
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.9 x 9 inches
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Everyone and everything was a commodity

Reviewed in the United States on November 29, 2017

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Fifty years later and I re-read this book. I had to read this in high school, but I wasn't mature or studious enough to understand the significance, even though my grandparents were all immigrants. The world of slaughterhouses hasn't changed much in the past 100 years, poverty, and children working to support their family. Both of my parents had to quit school to support their families or starve. You knnw the old expression "what goes around, comes around?" Those days look like they are coming around again.

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Robert Sweeney

Empathy

Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2018

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The book narrates a rather depressing tale. Immigrants have a hard time to hoe just coming here. They also have swindlers and other challenges. I can understand that I can only imagine how such a life would feel.

The story takes you on a realistic narrative which visits the various pitfalls and snares for vulnerable populations. I would suppose with our current regime in charge, works of literature which speak for the plight of the immigrant might not be as popular.

This said, you can probably stop reading at the end when the exposition begins on socialism. Nothing of further note really happens to Jurgis. It seems that this last chapter would best serve as a warning to would be authors regarding where to stop.

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Travis Bughi

Meh

Reviewed in the United States on July 16, 2019

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Stopping at 44% because this is just getting ridiculous. I see now why this novel’s only legacy is the impact it had on meat-packing standards, why Upton said of this novel, “I aimed for the public’s heart and hit it in the stomach,” and also why no one recommends this book to be read.

This book starts out a bit rough, as we’re tossed into a rambunctious wedding event with little indication of who anyone is or why we should care about them (it took forever for me to realize who the bride/groom were). After several torturous pages, the actual story begins; the tale of two hearty and lovely country folk who make their way to America at a really bad time for people in abject poverty.

And that’s the high point.

Over the next half a book, things go from bad to worse, over and over and over again. At halfway in, I’m just over it. I read the summary online and was not surprised to find that things will only get worse for all the characters. Death, drug addiction, imprisonment, disease, etc. So many bad things happen to them, frequently, and in such a methodical order, that the story feels ridiculously forced – killing my immersion.

It didn’t help that this book reminds me of A People’s History of the United States, and not in a good way.

Like that book’s author, Sinclair is a vocal socialist that wishes to see the capitalist system brought down. Not that I have a problem with this, as everyone is entitled to their opinion, even when it’s wrong; but I do have a problem with propaganda and half-truths. That’s The Jungle in a nutshell.
Look, times were bad then. I get it. No worker rights, a buyer-beware market, hordes of poor being taken advantage of by the wealthy few. It’s no wonder so many wanted to burn capitalism to the ground in those days! And Sinclair’s book tells a good half-truth that the unrestrained pursuit of wealth with no human oversight quickly leads humanity into a desolate hellscape the likes of which no one would wish upon their worst enemy.

But that being said, did you have to be so damned obvious about it, Sinclair?

This novel essentially holds the reader by the throat and screams, “Poverty is slavery! Work is hell! The few prosper at the expense of the many!” which are all arguments I’d gladly sit down and discuss in a level tone, but this novel is just an out-of-reality, literary straw-man.

So anyway, I’ll raise a glass of USDA-approved wine to your legacy Sinclair. I have nothing but thanks to give for what you started. However, that being said, The Jungle isn’t all the good.

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Alan

good story especvially if you are a US history buff.

Reviewed in the United States on December 17, 2018

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I absolutely hated the last 20 pages. It was a very long rant on the priceless virtues of socialism and the protagonist Jurgis was never even mentioned except to say he was enthralled by the speaker (a socialist meanwhile the reader is treated to this blowhard and his grand idea for socialism taking over the city of Chicago. Alas, that seems to have happened 115 years later - today that is. I have heard enough from crazy uncle bernie and I do not need it from my reading material. Incidentally, I read this book, like nearly everyone else, in 8th grade and I am just doing a lot of re-reading of classics from those days but I do not remember this book ending like this. I wonder what AI thought of it back then.

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Anne Davis

When was America great?

Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2019

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When asked that question, Donald Trump said that one of those times was the onset of the 20th century with military & industrial expansion. This was when Sinclair wrote this book portraying the harsh conditions & exploited lives of immigrants here. What is great for the wealthy is not necessarily great for the rest of us. This is a powerful story of man's inhumanity to man. No country is great until we deal successfully with that.

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A red jungle a heart of darkness in the city

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 24, 2015

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A red jungle, a heart of darkness in the city
A book that will change you, and take you places you never knew existed, a book about the inhumanity of man towards man an animal. A Book that exposed the worst in capitalism and changed laws in the USA. A powerful indictment to greed and abuse for profit.
At the same time a demonstration that freedom of speech and expression can change things and will triumph over regimes that oppress the forces of change the fifth state.
Human nature is not what we would like it to be; so we need checks and balances like this book or 1984 by Orwell; we need to expose our baser instincts confront them not as if they were the shortcomings of others but our own. This book is a must read, a warning from the past to the present and the future.

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Marcus Grant

Evil men, with evil minds...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 19, 2016

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As usual the story is well written. Exploring ultimate power taken by a singular mind who wants to remove free will from the world.
Why is it that people who think they have everything figured out wish to bully everyone into thier believes. Even though the best they can offer is "Faith". Forgetting that the people who started these ideas, only wished to have the enlightened.
People only take what they want, then beat it into others, literally.
Forgetting that enlighten people see the whole picture.
You can't end a journey, before its at an end...
Just like this book, you become enlightened at the very end.

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R. A. V. Barnes

A novel to remember

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 3, 2015

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Vivid and eye-opening novel concerning the exploitation and grinding poverty of workers in the Chicago meat-packing factories of the 1920s.

The book is centred around Jurgis, a jejune Lithuanian immigrant and his travails through this dreadful industry. Even if Sinclair's detailed descriptions of the trade and practises are only half true, it's impossible not to feel indignation and outrage.

The prose is superb, and anyone who hasn't yet discovered this novelist will be richly rewarded.

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Dr. K. E. Patrick

At the very least, you can appreciate the place labour unions in society

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 3, 2015

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This book caused such a sensation when it was first published at the turn of the 20th century, that it actually sparked legislation from the White House. In short, immigrants arriving from the US are optimistic about the land of opportunity, only to discover that it's full of corruption, degradation, and heartache. Once they start down a certain road, there seems to be very little escape from it -- either death, degradation, or corruption, it seems. The only reason not five stars is because a) Jurgis, the main character, does occasionally bring his bad fortune upon himself, and b) the last chapter or so is a polemic about the promise of Communism as a fix-all. Very interesting about the latter from this side of history, and perhaps helps us understand why extreme socialism would seem an ideal solution to people in that position, but the book just stops with a kind of Communist manifesto and no real resolution.

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Why haven't I heard of Upton Sinclair ?

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 2, 2018

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I know the phrase is rather overused, but this is a page-turner. Rather hard to read at times, not because of the style, but because of the hardship and unfairness that fall on the family. Certain parts remind me of Angela's Ashes and Grapes of Wrath ( no bad thing). Really surprised that I had never heard of this author before, and I consider myself well-read. This is one of those books that will stay with you. Try it.

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Another Cussler killing!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 4, 2011

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The plot is outlined above. What can I add other than this is again a novel from the master with action, adventure and unforgetable characters. Clive Cussler (who always makes a personal appearance)is without doubt the master of the "Ripping Yarn" (sorry, love that phrase). I look foward to his very novel and have yet to be disappointed. Money well spent on this great book. Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon have undergone many hair-raising adventures before - but never one quite like this. This time Cabrillo and his team travel from Aghanistan/Pakistan/Northern Thailand (real jungle territory) to prevent global domination one more time! The novel is very up to date in it political asperations and apart from that a terrific fun read. The Jungle (Oregon Files 8)

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Ian M

Re-read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 30, 2018

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This was the first book that I started with and enjoyed it so much I went back to the start of the series. Having reached up to it again I re-read it. It was better than the first time.
Highly recommend this book and the rest of the series.

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Worth reading

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 13, 2016

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It is a must read. I bought this novel as a gift. I read it 10 yrs ago for my American Lit. Course and I have to say it left a mark in my subconscious. One will never see society the same. Worth buying and reading.

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Completely absorbing story of the struggles of eastern European family ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 17, 2015

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Completely absorbing story of the struggles of eastern European family who migrated to America at the turn of the century. This will break your heart at times and can be distressing for some. The unabridged version can be rather drawn out but it still remains one of the most moving books I have ever read...and I first read this in 1950!

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Laura

Great

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 21, 2019

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A brilliant story and comment on the social conditions of the time. Will certainly make you consider going vegetarian. A great read.

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Galloping Excitement All The Way

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 14, 2019

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A slow beginning, but what it lacks at the start it soon becomes a racing success of wordage... This is a typical Cussler adventure, but with kicks and twists even I didn't see coming! And the end had me speechless!!! This is a must read for any Cussler fan. 10/10.

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Mr. Stephen Parkin

fast-paced adventure

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 19, 2012

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Another in the "Oregon Files" series by Messrs Cussler/Du Brul. Set chiefly in Myanmar it starts with the company rescuing an Indonesian child held by the Taliban for his distraught father then proceeds to a search for a Swiss millionaires missing daughter.Thrills,spills and kills are delivered in copious quantities. Later in the book the U.S President is given an opportunity to end all handouts to Israel and Pakistan; sadly he passes.
Overall an excellent read.

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Hollie

A very sad, bitter book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 18, 2017

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A very sad, bitter book. Very poignant and still relevant today. I can't believe so much tragedy happened and we were never taught about it. Studying this for my English degree, and was very moved by this book.

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S. W. Price

Highly recommend, however

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 15, 2016

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The star rating is misleading, I found the book harrowing, infuriating and deeply moving. A classic of its time, for any time, and, sadly, for our time , as social injustice continues to be all too prevalent even in today's society. Highly recommend, however.

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The Jungle - historical account or socialist propoganda?

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 18, 2014

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An incredible account of the appalling conditions suffered by thousands of migrant workers in the Chicago meat processing industry in 1900s Chicago, at times horrific, hilarious, tearjearking and amazingly prescient - many of the conditions could be transplanted to current day garment manufacturing in 3rd world countries.
Makes you seriously think about early socialist ideas and why they still have relevance a hundred years later. Might also make you want to become a vegetarian!
There is ongoing controversy about whether the details are historically accurate: they certainly seem completely believable.

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