The Jungle

The Jungle
By:Bestsellers - Books USA Press
Published on 2010-09-02 by

The Jungle, Upton Sinclair’s muckraking masterpiece, stands as one of America’s great indictments of persecution, and it has never been out of print since its initial publication in 1906. Sinclair’s documentary novel centers on Jurgis Rudkus, a Lithuanian immigrant working in Chicago’s infamous Packingtown. Instead of finding the American Dream, Rudkus and his family inhabit a brutal, soul-crushing urban jungle dominated by greedy bosses, pitiless con-men, and corrupt politicians. While Sinclair’s main target was the industry’s appalling labor conditions, the reading public was most outraged at the revelation of the disgusting filth and garbage in American food production. This outcome prompted Sinclair to proclaim: “I aimed at the public’s heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach.” As a result, President Theodore Roosevelt demanded an official investigation, which eventually led to the passage of the Pure Food and Drug laws. For a novel to have such an impact outside its literary context is extremely rare. At the time of The Jungle’s publication, the only novel to have led to such significant social change was the anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Today, The Jungle remains a relevant portrait of capitalism at its worst and an impassioned account of the human spirit in the face of nearly insurmountable challenges.

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