"The Machine" by Upton Sinclair is a play where the worlds of business, politics, and social issues crash together in early 1900s America. The spotlight shines on characters facing tough choices in the traction industry, especially Julia Patterson, a magazine writer fighting for change, and Laura Hegan, the daughter of a wealthy businessman, as she struggles with her family's riches and how it affects society. The play starts in Julia's small apartment as she talks with a socialist activist, Jack Bullen, about class differences and the hardships faced by workers, which brings to light the bigger theme of corruption. When Laura Hegan enters the scene, we discover her desire to do good through charity, even though her father's traction business is built on shady deals. Conflicts soon arise as Laura begins to realize her father's deep involvement in corrupt practices linked to a crucial railroad case. The early moments of the play sets up a compelling drama, where the character's morals battle against a corrupt government.
The Machine
By Upton Sinclair
In a world of wealth and corruption, a young woman must confront her father's dark secrets and decide where her loyalties lie.
Genres
Released
2002-07-01
Formats
mobi
mobi (images)
epub
epub3 (images)
epub (images)
txt
Free Download
Summary
About the AuthorUpton Beall Sinclair Jr. was an American author, muckraker, and political activist, and the 1934 Democratic Party nominee for governor of California. He wrote nearly 100 books and other works in several genres. Sinclair's work was well known and popular in the first half of the 20th century, and he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1943.
Upton Beall Sinclair Jr. was an American author, muckraker, and political activist, and the 1934 Democratic Party nominee for governor of California. He wrote nearly 100 books and other works in several genres. Sinclair's work was well known and popular in the first half of the 20th century, and he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1943.
Total Reviews
10.0k
Total reviews from Goodreads may change
More Like This
Explore books similar to the one you're viewing
More by This Author
Discover other books written by the same author
Related by Category
Discover books in the same genre or category
Milly: At Love's Extremes; A Romance of the Southland
By Maurice Thompson
Thirty Years in Australia
By Ada Cambridge
William Morris: Poet, Craftsman, Socialist
By Elisabeth Luther Cary
From the Black Mountain to Waziristan Being an account of the border countries and the more turbulent of the tribes controlled by the north-west frontier province, and of our military relations with them in the past
By H. C. (Harold Carmichael) Wylly
A Chilhowee Lily 1911
By Charles Egbert Craddock
The National Geographic Magazine, Vol. I., No. 4, October, 1889
By Various