# The Jungle

by [Upton Sinclair](https://localbooks.app/authors/upton-sinclair)

- Genres: [순수문학](https://localbooks.app/genres/literary-fiction/literary-fiction), [사회 문제](https://localbooks.app/genres/society/social-issues)
- Set in: [시카고, 일리노이주, 미국](https://localbooks.app/places/us/illinois/chicago)
- Audience: Adult
- Published: 1906
- Pages: 350

## Description

Jurgis Rudkus and his family come from Lithuania to Chicago full of hope and go to work in the stockyards and meatpacking plants. Sinclair's exposé of the industry shocked readers and helped bring about America's first food-safety laws.

## Where to buy

- [Open Library (ebook)](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL114967W)
- [Project Gutenberg (ebook)](https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=The%20Jungle)

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