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The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

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Project Gutenberg eBook
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The Jungle eBook
133,416 words, approx. 445 pages
The complete online text of The Jungle by Upton Sinclair.


Author Biography

Name: Upton Beale Sinclair, Jr.
Birth Date: September 20, 1878
Death Date: November 25, 1968
Place of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Place of Death: Bound Brook, New Jersey, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: writer

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Biography of Upton Beale Sinclair, Jr.
473 words, approx. 1.6 pages
Upton Beale Sinclair, Jr. (1878-1968), American novelist and political writer, was one of the most influential muckraking writers of the 1900s. He continued to write and speak for reform for many years. Upton Sinclair was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on...
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Biography of Upton Beale Sinclair, Jr.
4285 words, approx. 14.3 pages
Upton Sinclair was a writer whose main concerns were politics and economics. His ideas about literature—his own, written over more than six decades, and that of others—were inseparable from his dreams of social justice. Consequently, the grea...
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Biography of Upton (Beall) Sinclair
3897 words, approx. 13 pages
Upton Sinclair was a writer whose main concerns were politics and economics. His ideas about literature--his own, written over more than six decades, and that of others--were inseparable from his dreams of social justice. Consequently, the great majority...


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Sinclair Publishes the Jungle Summary
3,415 words, approx. 11 pages
United States 1906 Upton Sinclair published The Jungle in 1906 as a socialist argument against wage slavery. Instead of generating interest in socialism, his exposure of the unsafe and unclean aspects of the Chicago meatpacking industry fueled reform...
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The Jungle Summary
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The Jungle by Upton Sinclair Upton Beall Sinclair Jr. was born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1878. The stark contrast between his ancestry, made up of distinguished military officers and aristocrats, and the conditions under which he grew up (his father...
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The Jungle Information
2,652 words, approx. 9 pages
<i>The Jungle</i> (1906) is a novel by American author and socialist Upton Sinclair. It was written about the corruption of business during the early 20th century. The novel depicts in harsh tones the poverty, complete absence of social security,...


News and Journals
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The New York Observer
Obama HQ: Welcome to the Jungle
3/21/2007: 278 words, approx. 1 pages
wrote about for this week's paper, is a place brimming with youthful enthusiasm. It looks like a college dorm. Cookies and jars of candy sit on the desks, ball caps rest on computers, and the door to the press office is adorned with a white...
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AP News
From the jungle to Giants Stadium
7/7/2007: 375 words, approx. 1 pages
A former farmer from Ecuador went from battling oil companies in the Amazon to rubbing elbows Saturday with the world's musical elite, a journey he hopes will bring attention to his environmental lawsuit.Pablo Fajardo, 34, is the lead attorney in a $6 billion claim against...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Louise Carroll Wade
11,104 words, approx. 37 pages
In the following essay, Wade exposes evidence of Sinclair's misleading portrait of the area he called “Packingtown” in The Jungle, claiming that Sinclair overlooked many social and cultural facts.
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Critical Essay by Eric Homberger
10,801 words, approx. 36 pages
In the following essay, Homberger analyzes The Jungle as Sinclair's first novel after his conversion to socialism.
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Critical Essay by James R. Barrett
9,338 words, approx. 31 pages
In the following essay Barrett discusses realism in The Jungle.
 
Featured Essays
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Essay Grade: 95%
Injustices upon a Lithuanian Family
2,044 words, approx. 7 pages
Essay provides a book review of "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair.
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Essay Grade: 86%
The Jungle, a Review
1,730 words, approx. 6 pages
Reviews the Upton Sinclair muckraking story, The Jungle. Examines government corruption depicted in the story and relates its effect upon the lives of the Jurgis family.
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Essay Grade: 87%
The Jungle
1,487 words, approx. 5 pages
Literary Analysis/ book report of The Jungle
 


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