{"product_id":"the-jungle-9780140390315","title":"The Jungle","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Practically alone among the American writers of his generation, [Sinclair] put to the American public the fundamental questions raised by capitalism in such a way that they could not escape them.\" --Edmund Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen it was first published in 1906, \u003ci\u003eThe Jungle\u003c\/i\u003e exposed the inhumane conditions of Chicago's stockyards and the laborer's struggle against industry and \"wage slavery.\" It was an immediate bestseller and led to new regulations that forever changed workers' rights and the meatpacking industry. A direct descendant of Dickens's \u003ci\u003eHard Times\u003c\/i\u003e, it remains the most influential workingman's novel in American literature. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Upton Sinclair\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/02\/1985\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin American Library\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.12w x 0.81d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780140390315\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRevised Edition\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43446819094665,"sku":"9780140390315","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_ccd1668f-b60a-408f-9068-0a55785edddb.jpg?v=1741682143","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-jungle-9780140390315","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}