Upton Sinclair

Broschiertes Buch

The Jungle

Beschreibung

Upton Sinclair, an American journalist, and author published The Jungle in 1906. The story depicts the difficult circumstances and exploited lives of immigrants in the country. The sections that exposed health infractions and unhygienic procedures in the American meat packing industry in the early 20th century upset many readers more. Ona Lukoszaite, Jurgis Rudkus' girlfriend of fifteen years, exchanged vows during a festive traditional Lithuanian wedding feast. They just relocated to Chicago with their extended family. Jurgis initially had high hopes for his future in Chicago. He is quickly employed by a meatpacking plant and is astounded by its effectiveness while seeing the mistreatment of animals. Despite the fact that they are frequently unwell, they cannot afford to miss work. Only his mother mourns the death of the youngster with special needs who was the youngest kid and died of food poisoning. Ona suffers injuries during childbirth and passes away shortly after. Jurgis learns that his home has been renovated and sold to a different family after serving his jail sentence. Despite being on a blacklist, Jurgis and Ona strive to find employment. Jurgis assists Duane in robbing a wealthy guy. Rats had devoured Stanislovas, who had overindulged in alcohol and passed out at work. Marija claims that because of her heroin addiction, she is unable to leave the brothel.

Autor

Upton Beall Sinclair Jr. was an American author, sleuth, political organizer, and writer who was born September 20, 1878, and died November 25, 1968. He was the Democratic Party's candidate for governor of California in 1934. He put together almost 100 books and other types of writing. In the first half of the 20th century, Sinclair's writing was well-known and liked. In 1943, he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Sinclair became famous in 1906 for his classic muck-raking novel, The Jungle. This book showed how dirty and unsafe the U.S. meatpacking industry was, which caused a public uproar that helped pass the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act a few months later. He wrote a dirty book about American journalism called "The Brass Check" in 1919. It brought attention to the problem of "yellow journalism" and the limits of the "free press" in the US. Henry Ford's rise to power, including his "wage reform" and the Sociological Department at his company, is told in The Flivver King. It also talks about Ford's fall into antisemitism as editor of The Dearborn Independent. In the coal fields of Colorado, King Coal talks to John D. Rockefeller Jr. about his part in the Ludlow Massacre the year before.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: DOUBLE 9 BOOKSLLP
• Seitenzahl: 378
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 613g
• ISBN-13: 9789357274661
• ISBN-10: 9357274669
• Artikelnr.: 67856245