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Sinclair, Upton
The Jungle
doublday ,page & co
1906
1st
trade ed
green boards12mo 7-8″413 pagesVG/no DJ
former owner name. Spine title fading.
Not subscribers edition.Upton Sinclair (1878-1968), was an American novelist, essayist, playwright, and short story writer, whose most famous book is The Jungle (1906).”The line of the buildings stood clear-cut and black against the sky; here and there out of the mass rose the great chimneys, with the river of smoke streaming away to the end of the world. It was a study in colours now, this smoke; in the sunset light it was black and brown and grey and purple. All the sordid questions of the place were gone - in the twilight it was a vision of power. To the two who stood watching while the darkness swallowed it up, it seemed a dream of wonder, with its tale of human energy, of things
being done, of employment for thousands upon thousands of men, of opportunity and freedom, of life and love and joy. When they came away, arm in arm, Jurgis was saying, ‘Tomorrow I shall go there and get a job!’” (from The Jungle)