"The Jungle" follows the story of Jurgis Rudkus, a Lithuanian immigrant who arrives in Chicago with his family seeking a better life. The novel vividly depicts the struggles and hardships faced by Jurgis and his fellow workers in the meatpacking plants. It explores the brutal nature of their work, the corruption of the industry, and the impact of capitalism on their lives.Sinclair's primary intention in writing "The Jungle" was to shed light on the mistreatment of workers and the unsanitar...

From the Pulitzer Prize–winning saga, an American spy risks his life from North Africa to Moscow for the Allied cause in this "absorbing" historical novel ( The New York Times ).Members of the German high command believe that American art expert Lanny Budd is sympathetic to their cause, but since 1938 he has been an undercover agent working for President Franklin Roosevelt. Now, in 1941, the United States has been pulled i...

From the Pulitzer Prize–winning series, books four through six featuring a well-connected American art dealer who goes undercover for FDR during WWII.Wide Is the Gate: When his arms dealer father strikes a business deal with Hermann Göring, Lanny Budd is able to move easily among the Nazi high command and gather valuable information for those dedicated to the destruction of Nazism and Fascism. He's playing a dangerous game, which will carry him from German...

From the acclaimed author of The Jungle : The first in a Pulitzer Prize–winning historical saga about the son of an American arms dealer during WWI.Lanning "Lanny" Budd spends his first thirteen years in Europe, at the center of his mother's glamorous circle of friends. In 1913, he enters a Swiss boarding school and befriends Rick, an English boy, and Kurt, a German. The three schoolmates are privileged, happy, and precoc...

The Pulitzer Prize–winning novel of an American in Germany fighting against the rise of Nazism, from the New York Times– bestselling author of World's End.In the wake of the 1929 stock market crash, Lanny Budd's financial acumen and his marriage into great wealth enable him to continue the lifestyle he has always enjoyed. But the devastation the collapse has wrought on ordinary citizens has only...

From the Pulitzer Prize–winning series, the first four novels featuring an American who comes of age during the turbulent years of the early 20th century.In World's End, Lanning "Lanny" Budd's language skills and talent for decoding messages are in high demand as WWI bursts over Europe. When the hostilities conclude, Lanny joins the Paris Peace Conference as the assistant to a geographer asked by President Woodrow Wilson to redraw the map of Europe.

Comme Émile Zola, Upton Sinclair n’a rien d’un styliste extasié : il peint large, vite, puissant, il emporte le lecteur et l’incite à s’insurger : Sinclair n’aurait pas renié l’acception utilitaire de son travail. Pourtant Pétrole ! demeure un récit d’aventure.Tel Géant, livre qui fut lui aussi adapté au cinéma, ce roman se veut le roman du pétrole, volontiers scélérat, que Sinclair avait déjà affronté en manifestant contre les Rockefeller. […] Sept cents pages d’idéalisme,...

En 1906, la parution de La Jungle provoque un scandale sans précédent : Upton Sinclair y dévoile l’horreur de la condition ouvrière dans les abattoirs de Chicago aux mains des trusts de la viande. La Jungle est bientôt traduit en dix-sept langues tandis que l’auteur, menacé par les cartels mais porté par le mécontentement populaire, est reçu à la Maison-Blanche par le président Theodore Roosevelt. Une enquête va confirmer ce qu’avance Sinclair et donner lieu à une vague d...

From the Pulitzer Prize–winning historical saga, an American spy during WWII is called back into action in post-war Germany as the Cold War begins.From the Paris Peace Conference to the Battle of the Bulge, Lanny Budd has played key roles in the extraordinary events of his age. Now Presidential Agent 103 is coming out of retirement to serve his country—and the free world—once more.A counterfeiting conspiracy hatched by unrepentant neo-Nazis threatens to gra...

From the Pulitzer Prize–winning series, an American spy goes undercover in Nazi Germany in this historical thriller from the author of The Jungle .An American art expert raised in a world of European wealth and privilege, Lanny Budd is dedicated to his socialist ideals and to combatting the twin scourges of Nazism and Fascism. In 1937, a chance encounter in New York with Professor Charles Alston—his boss at the Paris Peac...

Oil! is a novel written by Upton Sinclair and published in 1927. The novel tells the story of an oil tycoon named J. Arnold Ross, who builds his wealth by exploiting the resources and labor of the American Southwest.The novel is a critique of the oil industry and the capitalist system that allows individuals like Ross to become incredibly wealthy at the expense of workers and the environment. Sinclair portrays Ross as a ruthless businessman who wil...

From the Pulitzer Prize–winning historical saga, the New York Times– bestselling novel about an American spy who infiltrates the Nazi high command.Dashing and well-connected, Lanny Budd has earned the trust of the Nazi high command. To Adolf Hitler and his inner circle, the American art dealer is a "true believer" committed to their Fascist cause. But Lanny is actually a secret agent serving as President Franklin Roosevel...