Thursday 28 September 2017

The Top Seven Novels Authored By Upton Sinclair

By Frances Fisher


Mr. Sinclair Junior was born on the twentieth of September in 1878 as an American in Baltimore. In his ninety years of living on earth, he managed to create at least a hundred books under his name. Some of his works are highly regarded pieces of literature, which earned him a Pulitzer award for his strong literary content and writing prose.

It was due to his first publication in nineteen six that he achieved worldwide acclaim and recognition. During the span of his long standing career, he managed to publish around 100 books, which continue to be read and referenced today by various educational institutions and avid readers. As such, this listed below are the top seven novels authored by Upton Sinclair.

One of his most popular works is The Jungle, which is a fictional narrative that managed to expose the poor conditions that immigrants were subjected to when they begun to work in factories. These factories were involved in supplying the meat people bought from the supermarket and groceries. Due to this narrative, officials began to consider its content and investigated numerous businesses. Subsequently, this lead to the creation of new laws in this industry.

The Return of Lanny Budd is the last part in a three part series regarding Lanny, the titular character in this publication. However, this one stands out from the rest because it was the last one in this particular series and the events prompted the main character Lanny to come out of retirement. The events took place post 2nd World War as a presidential professional in its fictional world.

King Coal is a novel that often draws comparisons to The Jungle, due to the nature of its contents. Unfortunately, it did not reach the same level of significance to its predecessor but is still a highly interesting read. It details around the brutal working conditions that miners and those working in coal sites were exposed to.

Another one of his works that was initially self published is entitled Mental Radio. The contents of this literature focus on his second wide named Mary Craig Sinclair and her various psychic medium capabilities. This was written during the time Mary was severely depressed and become highly interested in the occult. Albert Einstein created a preface written entirely in German, to express how much he liked and admired this work.

A novel that contained a historic fiction tale was titled The Filver King, which comprised a hundred and nineteen pages. Despite being fictional, what made it stood out from the rest was the involvement of Henry Ford, a multimillionaire American who was accompanied by Abner, another character. It was meant to expose the way workers were affected by scientific management factory, and Ford was a known businessman who applied such practice to his own factories.

The Fasting Cure delved into the practice of fasting and its cultural and religious significance to society. It is often regarded as a great scholar subject and was recommended into the reading lists of students during its time. With its publication, Upton hoped it would make its way into the school system in Russia.

In 1925, he published Mammonart. The novel was a large essay that focused on pop culture and how authors created new works just for the sake of creation, without consideration on its contents. It contained some criticism to the present culture with underlying tones of socialism.




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