Originally published in 1908, this cautionary novel from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Jungle explores greed and corruption within the American system. Based upon actual events, Sinclair's muckraking milestone follows a group of power brokers who join forces for personal gain, triggering a stock market crash and financial chaos throughout the world. Reprint of the B. W. Dodge & Co., New York, 1908 edition.
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The Jungle by Upton Sinclair 1906 bestseller shockingly reveals intolerable labor practices and working conditions in the Chicago stockyards as it tells the grim story of a Slavic family that emigrates to America full of optimism but soon faces despair.
Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis A personal crisis jars a middle-aged real estate agent from his complacency in this satire of middle-class American life. Sinclair Lewis' great novel offers a scathing portrait of the consequences of clinging to conventional values.
