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May. 12th, 2009 at 5:28 PM

ex_pseudonymous328

What would you like to read next?

Bonus points if it is available for free online.

Mood: curious

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lifebecomesart: Charlie Crews on Life reading Zen book (Life - Charlie Reading)

lifebecomesart wrote:

May. 13th, 2009 03:38 am (UTC)

The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

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ex_pseudonymous328 wrote:

May. 14th, 2009 12:54 pm (UTC)

I read that book in high school but I can't really remember very well.

How would you describe it?

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lifebecomesart wrote:

May. 14th, 2009 04:38 pm (UTC)

I'm just reading the original version now, which is harder to find (I'm not sure if the one online is the original or the censored one), but so far I think it's extremely well written.

It's about an immigrant family and their lives in the stockyards of Chicago in the early 1900s. It depicts the terrible conditions they faced and how they survived (or failed to) in the poor conditions and cramped housing.

Really I've been wanting to read it bc of the vast impact it had on America. It helped pass food laws, sanitation laws, child labor laws, and bring basic human rights to the forefront of American conversation.

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ex_pseudonymous328 wrote:

May. 15th, 2009 06:18 pm (UTC)

That sounds really familiar. I remember not liking it back then but i would probably like it now. I will put it in the poll.

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