The Jungle: A Quick Read edition

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Discover a new way to read classics with Quick Read.
This Quick Read edition includes both the full text and a summary for each chapter.
- Reading time of the complete text: about 14 hours
- Reading time of the summarized text: 24 minutes

"The Jungle" is a fictional novel written by Upton Sinclair, an American muckraker author, in the early 20th century. The book exposes the corruption in government and business, particularly in the meatpacking industry. Sinclair spent seven weeks working incognito in the Chicago stockyards to gather information for the novel. The story follows Jurgis Rudkus, a Lithuanian immigrant, and his struggles to support his family in Chicago. The novel depicts the harsh living and working conditions, poverty, and lack of social support experienced by the working class. It also highlights health violations and unsanitary practices in the meatpacking industry, leading to public outcry and sanitation reforms. Despite facing numerous hardships, Jurgis eventually becomes involved in crime and later embraces socialism. "The Jungle" had a significant impact on food safety regulations and remains a powerful critique of the capitalist system.

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Upton Sinclair (1878-1968) connaît une enfance pauvre et nomade. À vingt ans, il est correspondant de guerre à Cuba. Rendu célèbre par La Jungle, il multiplie les livres coup de poing, dénonçant les tares de la société américaine. Il signe sans doute son chef-d’œuvre en 1927 avec Pétrole !

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