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THE SMELL OF THE CITY: Classic novel's spirit lingers 100 years later.

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From: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
Date: 20060226
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Byline: Patrick T. Reardon

Feb. 26--A century after the publication of "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair, consider this scene from the novel:

Every minute, as the train sped on, the colors of things became dingier; the fields were grown parched and yellow, the landscape hideous and bare. And along with the thickening smoke they began to notice another circumstance, a strange, pungent odor. They were not sure that it was unpleasant, this odor; some might have called it sickening, but their taste in odors was not developed, and they were only sure that it was curious.

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