The Jungle (Oxford World's Classics) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

The Jungle (Oxford World's Classics) Book

Upton Sinclairs crusading novel of social protest led to changes in legislation in the US. It tells the story of Lilthuanian immigrant Jurgis Rudkus, and his ...Read More

from£9.65 | RRP: £9.99
* Excludes Voucher Code Discount Also available Used from £9.45
  • Product Description

    A searing novel of social realism, Upton Sinclair's The Jungle follows the fortunes of Jurgis Rudkus, an immigrant who finds in the stockyards of turn-of-the-century Chicago a ruthless system that degrades and impoverishes him, and an industry whose filthy practices contaminate the meat it processes. From the stench of the killing-beds to the horrors of the fertilizer-works, the appalling conditions in which Jurgis works are described in intense detail by an author bent on social reform. So powerful was the book's message that it caught the eye of President Theodore Roosevelt and led to changes to the food hygiene laws. In his Introduction to this new edition, Russ Castronovo highlights the aesthetic concerns that were central to Sinclair's aspirations, examining the relationship between history and historical fiction, and between the documentary impulse and literary narrative. As he examines the book's disputed status as novel (it is propaganda or literature?), he reveals why Sinclair's message-driven fiction has relevance to literary and historical matters today, now more than a hundred years after the novel first appeared in print.

  • 0199569711
  • 9780199569717
  • Upton Sinclair
  • 1 July 2010
  • OUP Oxford
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 384
As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. If you click through any of the links below and make a purchase we may earn a small commission (at no extra cost to you). Click here to learn more.

Would you like your name to appear with the review?

We will post your book review within a day or so as long as it meets our guidelines and terms and conditions. All reviews submitted become the licensed property of www.find-book.co.uk as written in our terms and conditions. None of your personal details will be passed on to any other third party.

All form fields are required.