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1) The jungle
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It was four o‟clock when the ceremony was over and the carriages began to arrive. There had been a crowd following all the way, owing to the exuberance of Marija Berczynskas. The occasion rested heavily upon Marija‟s broad shoulders- it was her task to see that all things went in due form, and after the best home traditions; and, flying wildly hither and thither, bowling every one out of the way, and scolding and exhorting all day with her tremendous...
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"This second Norton Critical Edition of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle features the complete authoritative text of Sinclair's novel as it appeared in the first edition published by Doubleday, Page and Company. Sinclair's most famous work excoriates the working conditions of the American meat packing industry at the turn of the 20th century and serves as a powerful rallying cry for socialism. In addition to the main text with its careful annotations by...
6) La jungla
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Escrito tras una visita a los mataderos de Chicago, se trata de una descripción dura y realista de las inhumanas condiciones de trabajo en el sector. No es frecuente que un libro tenga semejante impacto político, pero su publicación generó protestas a favor de reformas laborales y agrícolas a lo largo y ancho de Estados Unidos, y dio lugar a una investigación de Roosevelt y el gobierno federal que culminó en laPure Food Legislation? de 1906,...
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