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Utopian Sinclair.(Upton Sinclair and his work "The Millennium: A Comedy of the Year 2000")(are discussed)(Government Activity)(Brief Article)

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From: Insight on the News
Date: 20000731
Author:Goode, Stephen

The Millennium, a reissued novel by one of America's great crusading writers, is a period piece from a more idealistic time. Still, readers will delight in the audacity of this utopian socialist allegory.

Upton Sinclair was a powerhouse of a writer, churning out 90 novels, 30 plays and countless articles, stories and pamphlets during his long life. In 1906, he gained fame and became a rich man after the publication of the muckraking The Jungle, a novel about the horrors of the Chicago meatpacking industry. The book helped convince Congress to pass the first Pure Food and Drug ...

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