The Metropolis - Couverture souple

Sinclair, Upton

 
9781483704821: The Metropolis

Synopsis

In The Metropolis Upton Sinclair presents a detailed portrait of the wealthy elite and the extravagant life of New York City's high society. He presents this with the cynical edge of a socialist reformer's perspective providing a glimpse into the social life of the very wealthy of New York before the Great Depression. Upton Sinclair was a Pulitzer Prize-winning who wrote over 90 books, best known for his muckraking novel, The Jungle.

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Biographie de l'auteur

Upton Beall Sinclair, Jr. (September 20, 1878 – November 25, 1968), was a Pulitzer Prize-winning prolific American author who wrote over 90 books in many genres and was widely considered to be one of the best investigators advocating socialist views. He achieved considerable popularity in the first half of the 20th century. He gained particular fame for his 1906 muckraking novel The Jungle, which dealt with conditions in the U.S. meat packing industry and caused a public uproar that partly contributed to the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act in 1906.

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