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English: 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. As they settle into the Packingtown neighborhood of Chicago, they find their dreams are unlikely to be realized. In fact, just the opposite is quite likely to occur. Jurgis, the main character of the novel, has brought his father Antanas, his fiancée Ona, her stepmother Teta Elzbieta, Teta Elzbieta's brother Jonas and her six children, and Ona's cousin Marija Berczynskas along. The family, naïve to the ways of Chicago, quickly falls prey to con men and makes a series of bad decisions that lead them into wretched poverty and terrible living conditions. All are forced to find jobs in dismal working conditions for their very survival. Jurgis, broken and discouraged, eventually finds solace in the American Socialist movement. This particular file is in the 9th chapter of the novel, which describes in great detail voter fraud in the city of Chicago, and the abuses of the food packing industry at the time. All told through the perspective of the characters.
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Source https://ia800202.us.archive.org/4/items/jungle_tw_0908_librivox/thejungle_09_sinclair_64kb.mp3
Author Upton Sinclair

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Chapter 9, of the Jungle, novel by Upton Sinclair, describing corruption in the Gilded Age

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26 February 1906Gregorian

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