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Sep 25, 2008 the much ballyhooed movie there will be blood is supposedly based upon upton sinclairs 1927 novel oil. He gained particular fame for his novel, the jungle 1906. The dismal living and working conditions and sense of hopelessness prevalent among the impoverished workers is compared to the corruption of the rich. The jungle by upton sinclair 1906 its easy to link to paragraphs in the full text archive if this page contains some material that you want to link to but you dont want your visitors to have to scroll down the whole page just hover your mouse over the relevent paragraph. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 335 pages and is available in paperback format. Sinclairs work was well known and popular in the first half of the 20th century, and he won the pulitzer prize for fiction in 1943 in 1906, sinclair acquired particular fame for his classic muckraking novel the jungle, which exposed labor. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. The book was written in the context of the harding administrations teapot dome scandal and takes place in southern california. Buy upton sinclair ebooks to read online or download in pdf or epub on your pc, tablet or mobile device. After writing the jungle, his scathing indictment of the meatpacking industry, sinclair turned his sights on the early days of the california oil industry in a highly entertaining story featuring a cavalcade. Upton beall sinclair september 20, 1878 november 25, 1968 was a writer of many works from the united states. Choose the part of the jungle which you want to read from the table of contents to get started. Penguin books is proud to now be the sole publisher of oil.
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