The Jungle
The Jungle is Upton Sinclair's novel about immigrant workers in Chicago's meatpacking industry, serialised in 1905 and published as a book by Doubleday, Page & Company in New York in February 1906. Outrage at its account helped bring about the Meat Inspection Act of 1906.
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- Doubleday, Page & Company, New York, 1906
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How many editions of The Jungle are there?
We track 2 editions of The Jungle. Each has its own page with how to identify it.
How can I tell if my copy of The Jungle is a first edition?
Check the title page and its reverse (the copyright page) against the edition: publisher, place and date should match, with no later printing or edition stated. Where we know the issue points, they are listed on the edition's page.
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- The Jungle, Wikipedia, 2026 (en.wikipedia.org)
- The jungle (Doubleday, Page, 1906), Internet Archive (archive.org)
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