The Jungle: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780143039587)

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 apalling 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.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Author: Upton Sinclair
ISBN-10: 014303958X
ISBN-13: 9780143039587
Publisher: Penguin Group
Language: English
Published: 12/01/2006
Pages: 432
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.04lbs
Size: 8.52h x 5.76w x 1.17d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 8
Point Value: 22
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 5988 / Jungle