THE JUNGLE
BY
UPTON SINCLAIR
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Chapter 1: It was four o'clock
when the ceremony was over and the carriages began
to arrive.
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Chapter 2: Jurgis talked lightly
about work, because he was young.
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Chapter 3: In his capacity as
delicatessen vender, Jokubas Szedvilas had many
acquaintances.
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Chapter 4: Promptly at seven the
next morning Jurgis reported for work.
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Chapter 5: They had bought their
home.
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Chapter 6: Jurgis and Ona
were very much in love; they had waited a long time--
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Chapter 7: All summer long
the family toiled, and in the fall they had money enough
for Jurgis and Ona to be married....
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Chapter 8: Yet even by this
deadly winter the germ of hope was not to be kept from
sprouting in their hearts.
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Chapter 9: One of the first
consequences of the discovery of the union was that
Jurgis became desirous of learning English.
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Chapter 10: During the early
part of the winter the family had had money enough
to live and a little over to pay their debts with....
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Chapter 11: During the summer
the packing houses were in full activity again,
and Jurgis made more money.
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Chapter 12: For three weeks
after his injury Jurgis never got up from bed.
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Chapter 13: During this
time that Jurgis was looking for work occurred the
death of little Kristoforas....
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Chapter 14: With one member
trimming beef in a cannery, and another working in
a sausage factory, the family had a first-hand knowledge
of the great majority of Packingtown swindles.
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Chapter 15: The beginning
of these perplexing things was in the summer....
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Chapter 16: When Jurgis
got up again he went quietly enough.
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Chapter 17: At seven o'clock
the next morning Jurgis was let out to get water
to wash his cell....
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Chapter 18: Jurgis did not
get out of the Bridewell quite as soon as he had
expected.
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Chapter 19: "Madame Haupt,
Hebamme, ran a sign, swinging from a second-story
window over a saloon on the avenue...."
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Chapter 20: But a big man
cannot stay drunk very long on three dollars.
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Chapter 21: That was the
way they did it! There was not half an hour's
warning--the works were closed!
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Chapter 22: Jurgis took
the news in a peculiar way. He turned deadly pale....
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Chapter 23: Early in the
fall Jurgis set out for Chicago again.
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Chapter 24: In the face
of all his handicaps, Jurgis was obliged to make the
price of a lodging, and of a drink every hour or two,
under penalty of freezing to death.
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Chapter 25: Jurgis got up,
wild with rage, but the door was shut and the
great castle was dark and impregnable.
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Chapter 26: After the elections
Jurgis stayed on in Packingtown and kept his
job.
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Chapter 27: Poor Jurgis
was now an outcast and a tramp once more.
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Chapter 28: After breakfast
Jurgis was driven to the court, which was crowded
with the prisoners....
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Chapter 29: The man had
gone back to a seat upon the platform, and Jurgis
realized that his speech was over.
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Chapter 30: Jurgis had breakfast
with Ostrinski and his family, and then he
went home to Elzbieta.
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Chapter 31: Jurgis had breakfast
with Ostrinski and his family, and then he
went home to Elzbieta.
