and the old man had become a respected citizen of an obscure Spanish town, but the love of gold was still so strong upon him that he risked all to acquaint his son with the means of attaining fabulous wealth for them both.
Chapter 1. The JungleEdith Nesbit
The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair is part of HackerNoon Books Series. You can jump to any chapter in this bookhere. Chapter XXX CHAPTER XXX Jurgis had breakfast with Ostrinski and his family, and then he went home to Elzbieta. He was no longer shy about it—when he went in, instead of...
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair CHAPTER 20 But a big man cannot stay drunk very long on three dollars. That was Sunday morning, and Monday night Jurgis came home, sober and sick, realizing that he had spent every cent the family owned, and had not bought a single instant’s forgetfulness ...
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair CHAPTER 28 After breakfast Jurgis was driven to the court, which was crowded with the prisoners and those who had come out of curiosity or in the hope of recognizing one of the men and getting a case for blackmail. The men were called up first, and reprimand...
but the man explained the advantages. In the first place, it would not cost him anything, and it would get him half a day off, with his pay just the same; and then when election time came he would be able to vote—and there was something in that. Jurgis was naturally glad to acce...
Holland's Colossal Blunder Chapter 19d: Stuck in the Middle With You Chapter 19e: Dr. Mantik's Flying Circus Chapter 19f: Reason to Believe Chapter 19g: Reason to Doubt Chapter 19h: Reason to Be Reasonable Chapter 19I: Lost in the Jungle with Kurtz chapter20:conclusionsandconfusions: ...
The Jungle - Chapter 11Upton Sinclair
It was with a feeling of greater relief than he had experienced for many a day that he set out that noon to hunt deep in the jungle for a herd of small deer which Schneider reported that he and Schmidt had seen there the day before. ...
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