The Upton Sinclair Collection: Including The Jungle Oil! & The Moneychangers

Bringing Together The Best of Upton Sinclair's works together.. The Jungle is a novel by American muckraker author Upton Sinclair known for his efforts to expose corruption in government and business in the early 20th century.. The book depicts working-class poverty lack of social support harsh and unpleasant living and working conditions and hopelessness among many workers. These elements are contrasted with the deeply rooted corruption of people in power. . A powerful view of turn-of-the-century poverty graft and corruption this fiercely realistic American classic is still required reading in many history and literature classes.. Oil! is a novel by Upton Sinclair and told as a third-person narrative with only the opening pages written in the first person. The book was written in the context of the Harding administration's Teapot Dome Scandal and takes place in Southern California. The novel incorporates elements of romance family dynamics and political intrigue. It explores the personal relationships and struggles of the characters shedding light on the human cost of industrialization and unregulated capitalism. . It is a social and political satire skewering the human foibles of all its characters.. Oil! is considered one of Upton Sinclair's most influential works along with his other famous novel The Jungle.. The Moneychangers: Here Upton Sinclair offers us a novel about the Wall Street panic of 1907. He tells of a financial disaster brought on deliberately by powerful capitalists intent upon the ruin of their rivals - fundamentally evil people who live to out-maneuver one another. We are a nation said Sinclair fundamentally corrupt - our government our banks our industries all seek personal ruin for its own sake...Sinclair tells an engaging tale; if you don't know his work you'd do well to take in and understand his paranoid vision.... The Moneychangers is a classic work that offers a compelling and insightful perspective on the financial world and its moral complexities during the early 20th century.