fiction for working people
Discover the best fiction books for working people! Explore captivating novels perfect for busy schedules, offering escape, inspiration, and entertainment tailored for professionals.
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The Jungle
by Upton Sinclair
The Jungle was written about the corruption of the American meatpacking industry during the early 20th century.Although Sinclair originally intended to focus on industrial labor and working conditions, food safety became the most pressing issue. Sinclair's account of workers' falling into rendering tanks and being ground, along with animal parts, into "Durham's Pure Leaf Lard", gripped public attention. The morbidity of the working conditions, as well as the exploitation of children and women alike that Sinclair exposed showed the corruption taking place inside the meat packing factories. Foreign sales of American meat fell by one-half.Considered a classic and important example of the muckraking tradition of journalism.
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The Angel Max
by Peter Glassgold
A novel on an anarchist in New York early this century. He is Max Kraft, a Jew from Russia who makes a lot of money in real estate and uses it to fund anarchist causes. A study of the left in America.
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Martin Eden
by Jack London
"Eden, a former sailor who falls in love with a young woman, decides to educate himself and becomes a writer"--P. [4] of cover.
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Christ in Concrete
by Pietro di Donato
One of the 20th century's greatest works of social protest-and its 21st-century message. A classic examination of the American experience for hard-working Italian immigrants living in New York City's Lower East Side shortly before the Great Depression, Christ in Concrete focuses on a family's struggle against harsh economic realities and tenement living.