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The Jungle
- By: Upton Sinclair
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 13 hrs and 17 mins
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The Jungle is the story of Jurgis Rudkus, a Slavic immigrant who marries frail Ona Lukoszaite and seeks security and happiness as a workman in the Chicago stockyards. Once there, he is abused by foremen, his meager savings are filched by real estate sharks, and at every turn he is plagued by the misfortunes arising from poverty, poor working conditions, and disease. Finally, in accordance with Sinclair’s own creed, Rudkus turns to socialism as a way out.
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Public Domain Version
- By Tim on 03-16-14
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The Jungle
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 13 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 05-17-11
- Language: English
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The Jungle
- By: Upton Sinclair
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 15 hrs and 58 mins
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Few books have so affected radical social changes as The Jungle, first published serially in 1906. Exposing unsanitary conditions in the meat-packing industry in Chicago, Sinclair's novel gripped Americans by the stomach, contributing to the passage of the first Food and Drug Act. If you’ve never read this classic novel, don't be put off by its gruesome reputation. Upton Sinclair was a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist who could turn even an exposé into a tender and moving novel.
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Why We Have Unions
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 11-29-17
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The Jungle
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 15 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 07-13-11
- Language: English
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The Jungle: A Signature Performance by Casey Affleck
- By: Upton Sinclair
- Narrated by: Casey Affleck
- Length: 14 hrs and 1 min
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A Signature Performance: Oscar nominee and passionate vegan Casey Affleck highlights the more-relevant-than-ever issues of business ethics and food production in Upton Sinclair’s meatpacking industry bombshell.
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Great book ruined by poor narrator....
- By aaron on 01-26-11
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The Jungle: A Signature Performance by Casey Affleck
- Narrated by: Casey Affleck
- Length: 14 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 01-24-11
- Language: English
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The Jungle
- By: Upton Sinclair
- Narrated by: Michael Lackey
- Length: 17 hrs and 21 mins
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Jurgis Rudkus, an impoverished Lithuanian immigrant, takes a lowly job at Brown's slaughterhouse to support his young wife and their relatives. Once admiring America for its potential, Rudkus has found opportunities to be too far out of his reach. After being evicted, Rudkus is living in a slum and deeply in debt - unable to support his family. As he attempts to make ends meet, the oppressive working conditions and crippling poverty begin to take a toll on Rudkus and his family.
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History Repeats itself
- By Crackers on 07-21-19
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The Jungle
- Narrated by: Michael Lackey
- Length: 17 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 05-01-14
- Language: English
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The Jungle
- By: Upton Sinclair
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 15 hrs and 57 mins
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Upton Sinclair's The Jungle is a vivid portrait of life and death in a turn-of-the-century American meat-packing factory. A grim indictment that led to government regulations of the food industry, The Jungle is Sinclair's extraordinary contribution to literature and social reform.
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brilliant rendering of an old classic
- By Donald T. Wardlow on 02-18-09
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The Jungle
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 15 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 12-29-08
- Language: English
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The Jungle (Dramatized)
- By: Upton Sinclair
- Narrated by: David Catlin, Thomas Cox, Larry Distasi, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 55 mins
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A young Lithuanian immigrant, full of hope, arrives in Chicago in 1904 to work in the stockyards. He and his family soon find themselves processed like the very cattle they slaughter, by the system they dreamed would save them.
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The Jungle (Dramatized)
- Narrated by: David Catlin, Thomas Cox, Larry Distasi, Christine Dunford, Laura Eason, Joy Gregory, Tom Hodges, David Kersnar, Phil Smith, Heidi Stillman, Andrew White, Temple Williams
- Length: 1 hr and 55 mins
- Release date: 09-01-20
- Language: English
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The Jungle
- By: Upton Sinclair
- Narrated by: Flo Gibson
- Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins
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A Lithuanian family comes to America to seek a living. This book's ghastly and often brutal descriptions of work in the Chicago meat stockyards and the grim consequences of extreme poverty forced Congress to pass laws reforming work conditions and food safety standards in the United States. It also helped to stir up the Socialist movement in this country.
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The Jungle
- Narrated by: Flo Gibson
- Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 05-08-20
- Language: English
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The Jungle (AmazonClassics Edition)
- By: Upton Sinclair
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 14 hrs and 35 mins
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Lithuanian immigrant Jurgis Rudkus has invested every last hope in achieving a prosperous new start in a new country. But the only job open to him - in the appalling stockyards of Packingtown, Chicago - will become a brutal, dispiriting, and dangerous challenge to his pride, his family, his life, and his faith in the American Dream. A scathing condemnation of capitalism, corporate corruption, and the exploitation of the working class, The Jungle was a sensation when first published. It stands as one the greatest and most influential proletarian novels ever written.
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almost the socialist answer to Atlas shrugged
- By Brad on 08-01-19
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The Jungle (AmazonClassics Edition)
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 14 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 05-10-18
- Language: English
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The Jungle
- By: Upton Sinclair
- Narrated by: David McCallion
- Length: 13 hrs and 48 mins
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The Jungle tells the brutal reality of industrial Chicago in the early 1900s through the eyes of an immigrant. Fresh from Lithuania, Jurgis; his wife, Ona; and their family are forced to scrape for survival after moving to Chicago in hopes of chasing the American Dream. From the very beginning, they fall upon hard times when the house they purchase is found to be in shabby condition and has hidden fees that the family can't afford. With the financial burden that the family is faced with, even the youngest family members are forced to find jobs in plants and factories to contribute what they can.
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Stay away from canned meat
- By MNash on 07-25-16
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The Jungle
- Narrated by: David McCallion
- Length: 13 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 03-24-16
- Language: English
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The Jungle
- By: Upton Sinclair
- Narrated by: Raimundas Jonas
- Length: 13 hrs and 6 mins
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This 1906 novel by Upton Sinclair emphasizes the predicament of the working class and illustrates the corruption of the American meatpacking industry in the early-20th century. The story sets off with a dramatic portrayal of a Lithuanian wedding feast, which introduces the listener to all of the major and secondary characters.
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Missing Chapters
- By Daniel M Rojas on 05-11-21
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The Jungle
- Narrated by: Raimundas Jonas
- Length: 13 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 11-04-10
- Language: English
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The Jungle - Upton Sinclair
- By: Upton Sinclair
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It is the end of the 19th century. Like thousands of others, the Rudkus family has emigrated from Lithuania to America in search of a better life.View our full collection of podcasts at our website: https://www.solgoodmedia.com or YouTube channel: https://www.solgood.org/subscribe
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The Autobiography of Upton Sinclair
- The Author of The Jungle Tells His Own Story
- By: Upton Sinclair
- Narrated by: Peter Lerman
- Length: 13 hrs and 53 mins
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Upton Sinclair was first and foremost the most eminent and impactful muckraking journalist of the early 20th century (The Jungle - 1906: precipitated meaningful and permanent improvements in the safety and purity of the food we eat).
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The Autobiography of Upton Sinclair
- The Author of The Jungle Tells His Own Story
- Narrated by: Peter Lerman
- Length: 13 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 01-21-22
- Language: English
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Our protagonist comes to New York as a lawyer seeking to make his name and build a career. His younger brother has come before him and has already been successful in working his way into the inner circles of the High Society. The younger brother introduces him to the moguls with their extraordinary fortunes, amassed by owners of the Trusts, the Monopolies, the Banks, and the Financiers. With all the money in the world has come all the power. And, with all the money and the power has come the grotesque excess and the decadence and the moral rot.
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I feel gaslit
- By Patrick Perini on 04-24-23
By: Upton Sinclair
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Animal Farm
- By: George Orwell
- Narrated by: Ralph Cosham
- Length: 3 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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George Orwell's classic satire of the Russian Revolution is an intimate part of our contemporary culture, quoted so often that we tend to forget who wrote the original words! This must-read is also a must-listen!
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If you hate spoilers, save the intro for last.
- By Dusty on 02-18-11
By: George Orwell
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The Profits of Religion
- By: Upton Sinclair
- Narrated by: Peter Lerman
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Upton Sinclair, the muckraking giant of 20th century journalism and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Jungle, turns his critical eye upon the world of religion. Mind you, he is not critical of God nor of the teachings of Christ, but of the organized religions throughout history and of our times.
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Got Through It...
- By J. E. Sharwarko, Jr. on 10-25-21
By: Upton Sinclair
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Boston
- The Documentary Novel of Sacco and Vanzetti
- By: Upton Sinclair
- Narrated by: Peter Lerman
- Length: 31 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Boston is the novelized account of the Sacco and Vanzetti affair, which rocked the nation—and the world—in the 1920s. Two working-class Italian immigrants, both associated with radical political beliefs, stood accused of the murder of two armed guards during the commission of a payroll robbery. Sinclair’s novel weaves actual historical facts, stories, and persons with persons and events he created for the purpose of telling an interesting story, with more and deeper historical context.
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Wonderful Read
- By A. Kessel on 02-15-24
By: Upton Sinclair