The Jungle (Illustrated)
The Jungle (Illustrated) by Upton Sinclair is a rare edition published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform on July 5, 2018. This illustrated version presents the original text of Sinclair’s classic novel, which was published in serial form in 1905 and has remained largely unknown for nearly a century. Unlike the censored commercial edition released the following year, this edition includes the full 36 chapters, restoring much of the ethnic flavor and the graphic depictions of the meat-packing industry, along with Sinclair’s critical social and political commentary.
Readers will find a comprehensive exploration of the themes and issues surrounding the meat-packing industry, as well as the societal conditions of the time. This edition not only features the uncensored text but also includes a new foreword detailing the discovery of the original version in the 1980s and its suppression, alongside an introduction that contextualizes the novel within the history of censorship. With 262 pages, this English-language edition offers a significant contribution to the literature and fiction genre, particularly within the classics category.
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Rare edition with unique illustrations. 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.
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