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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Sinclair, Upton

Sinclair, Upton
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
The Jungle: Its Place in American History and Literature

Dual Fame Of The Jungle

Few works of fiction leave their stamp on political as well as literary
history. In this connection, an American might think of Harriet Beecher
Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin. In its serial appearance in a magazine (1851), in
its publication as a book (1852), and in its long run as a stage play, Uncle
Tom's Cabin stirred America's conscience, helping to bring about the abolition
of slavery. A European would think of Ivan Turgenev's A Sportsman's Notebook
(1852), which so ...

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