{"product_id":"the-jungle-paperback-8","title":"The Jungle - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eUpton Sinclair\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRonald Gottesman\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Practically alone among the American writers of his generation,  Sinclair] put to the American public the fundamental questions raised by capitalism in such a way that they could not escape them.\" --Edmund Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen it was first published in 1906, \u003ci\u003eThe Jungle\u003c\/i\u003e exposed the inhumane conditions of Chicago's stockyards and the laborer's struggle against industry and \"wage slavery.\" It was an immediate bestseller and led to new regulations that forever changed workers' rights and the meatpacking industry. A direct descendant of Dickens's \u003ci\u003eHard Times\u003c\/i\u003e, it remains the most influential workingman's novel in American literature. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUpton Sinclair \u003c\/b\u003e(1878-1968) was born in Baltimore. At age fifteen, he began writing a series of dime novels in order to pay for his education at the City College of New York. He was later accepted to do graduate work at Columbia, and while there he published a number of novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Journal of Arthur Stirling\u003c\/i\u003e (1903) and \u003ci\u003eManassas\u003c\/i\u003e (1904). Sinclair's breakthrough came in 1906 with the publication of \u003ci\u003eThe Jungle\u003c\/i\u003e, a scathing indictment of the Chicago meat-packing industry. His later works include \u003ci\u003eWorld's End\u003c\/i\u003e (1940), \u003ci\u003eDragon's Teeth\u003c\/i\u003e (1942), which won him a Pulitzer Prize, \u003ci\u003eO Shepherd, Speak!\u003c\/i\u003e (1949) and \u003ci\u003eAnother Pamela\u003c\/i\u003e (1950). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRonald Gottesman\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Boston and earned degrees from the University of Massachusetts and from Colgate and Indiana universities. He has taught literature, film studies, and humanities courses at Northwestern, Indiana, and Rutgers universities, the University of Wisconsin, and the University of Southern California, where for nine years he directed the Center for the Humanities. Founding editor of the \u003ci\u003eQuarterly Review of Film Studies and Humanities in Society\u003c\/i\u003e, Professor Gottesman was editor and author of many articles and books on literature and film, including three on Upton Sinclair.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 7.7 x 5.12 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 02, 1985\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Jungle\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 22\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47227094597881,"sku":"9780140390315","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/LzJYb0JpZmFiVzROWEExTUtOMmIvUT09.webp?v=1768274384","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-jungle-paperback-8","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}