false 41681 131 For nearly a century, the original version of Upton Sinclair's classic novel has remained almost entirely unknown. When it was published in serial form in 1905, it was a full third longer than the censored, commercial edition published in book form the following year. That expurgated commercial edition edited out much of the ethnic flavor of the original, as well as some of the goriest descriptions of the meat-packing industry and much of Sinclair's most pointed social and political commentary. The text of this new edition is as it appeared in the original uncensored edition of 1905. It contains the full 36 chapters as originally published, rather than the 31 of the expurgated edition. A new foreword describes the discovery in the 1980s of the original edition and its subsequent suppression, and a new introduction places the novel in historical context by explaining the pattern of censorship in the shorter commercial edition. 1253187 book 1905 The Jungle: The Uncensored Original Edition total:12123|5:2955|4:4395|3:3444|2:980|1:349| 12123 44996 16594 1244 4 14 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Sat Jun 14 13:38:14 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 16 15:01:56 -0700 2008 It is true that ...more...]]> 3 17 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1995 Wed Nov 12 09:38:12 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 12 09:44:37 -0800 2008
MOM: Could you pass the turkey?

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Wow. Now I can see why this book had such a big impression on those who read it in the early twentieth century. Really heart-wrenching (and gut-wrenching) stuff. There's the famous quote that Sinclair said he aimed for the public's heart and hit it in the stomach instead...more...]]> 5 5 false false Fri Aug 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 18:17:25 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 22:07:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 6 false false Sat Sep 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 02 07:58:43 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 08 09:47:44 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 5 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Tue Mar 04 12:59:45 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 04 13:06:53 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 4 false false Wed May 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 30 10:51:36 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 22 22:47:52 -0700 2008 Once "They could tell the whole hateful story of it, set forth in the inner soul of a city in which justice and honor, women's bodies and men's souls were for sale in the marketplace, and human beings writhed and fought and fell upon each other like wolves in a pit, in which lusts were raging fires,...more...]]> 4 2 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 1990 Mon Jan 07 10:17:16 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 07 10:36:00 -0800 2008
There Will be Blood is just as stark, arresting and ...more...]]> 3 2 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Fri Aug 29 20:42:32 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 29 20:46:49 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 19 19:46:48 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 19 19:51:28 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 5 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996 Wed Jul 16 21:17:13 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 16 21:21:40 -0700 2008 -tug on Superman's cape
-spit in the wind
-discuss The Jungle extensively in your junior year literature class directly before lunchtime on hot dog day
-mess around with Jim

I still don't eat hot dogs. And I ate hot dogs up until then, despite having ...more...]]> 1 4 false false Thu Nov 20 15:33:03 -0800 2008 Fri Apr 10 08:03:54 -0700 2009 0 Sinclair Lewis never wrote a book called "The Jungle."
Upton Sinclair, however, did. Do you guys even read books?]]> 5 1 false false Wed Mar 23 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Tue Nov 18 20:37:24 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 14 21:00:41 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 2 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Jul 06 15:41:09 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 06 15:41:09 -0700 2008 The Jungle. I know that this is traditionally an item on many high school required reading lists, but I picked it up of my own volition a few years ago. Coincidentally, Hurricane Katrina had just swept through my life, indirectly causing me to become a vegetarian.

Sinclair's writing...more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1971 Tue May 27 17:31:13 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 25 06:34:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Mar 20 10:50:23 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 20 11:00:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Sep 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 18:24:59 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 18:33:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 12:03:19 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 12:03:19 -0700 2009
This book is tearing me to pieces! How can you bear it? Every time it feels like it might be okay, I am brought along to be dashed also upon the rocks of despair.

I guess this is the point. I guess it is a virtue of the writing and the strength of the story... but I am not sur...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 20:59:06 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 20:59:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri May 29 06:20:03 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 06:43:01 -0700 2009 more...]]>