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The Jungle
1906 novel by Upton Sinclair
This article is about the novel by Upton Sinclair. For other uses, see Jungle (disambiguation).
The Jungle is a novel by American muckraker and author Upton Sinclair, known for his efforts to expose corruption in government and business in the early 20th century.[1] In 1904, Sinclair spent seven weeks gathering information while working incognito in the meatpacking plants of the Union Stock Yards in Chicago for the socialist newspaper Appeal to Reason, which published the novel in serial form in 1905.
The novel was later published in book format by Doubleday in 1906.[2]
The book realistically depicts working-class poverty, immigrant struggle, lack of social support or welfare, harsh living and dangerous working conditions, generating hopelessness or cynicism and cruelty among the powerless.
These elements are contrasted with the deeply rooted corruption of people in power. A review by Sinclair's contemporary, wr
