Join us on a literary world trip!
Add this book to bookshelf
Grey
Write a new comment Default profile 50px
Grey
Subscribe to read the full book or read the first pages for free!
I want to read the book!
All characters reduced
Boston (Annotated) - Enriched Edition A Documentary Novel - cover

Boston (Annotated) - Enriched Edition A Documentary Novel

Upton Sinclair

Publisher: e-artnow

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

Summary

Boston is Upton Sinclair's vast documentary novel of the Sacco and Vanzetti affair, transforming a notorious legal case into a searching indictment of class power, nativism, and judicial prejudice in 1920s America. Blending courtroom record, investigative journalism, melodrama, and social-realist fiction, Sinclair situates the condemned anarchists within the moral geography of Brahmin Boston, where inherited respectability masks fear of immigrants and radicals. The novel belongs to the tradition of American muckraking fiction, but its scale and documentary ambition make it also a historical archive in narrative form. Upton Sinclair, already famous for The Jungle, spent his career exposing the institutional violence hidden beneath respectable capitalism. A socialist, reformer, and tireless public intellectual, he was drawn to the Sacco-Vanzetti case because it condensed many of his lifelong concerns: labor repression, xenophobia, corrupt authority, and the betrayal of democratic ideals. Boston reflects both his political commitments and his belief that fiction could serve as public evidence. This book is recommended to readers interested in politically engaged literature, legal history, and the radical imagination of the early twentieth century. It is not merely a novel about injustice, but a sustained meditation on how societies manufacture guilt and conscience.

This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A succinct Introduction situates the work's timeless appeal and themes.
- The Synopsis outlines the central plot, highlighting key developments without spoiling critical twists.
- A detailed Historical Context immerses you in the era's events and influences that shaped the writing.
- An Author Biography reveals milestones in the author's life, illuminating the personal insights behind the text.
- A thorough Analysis dissects symbols, motifs, and character arcs to unearth underlying meanings.
- Reflection questions prompt you to engage personally with the work's messages, connecting them to modern life.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
- Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.
Available since: 01/01/2024.
Print length: 669 pages.

Other books that might interest you

  • The Secret of Chimneys - A high-society caper of blackmail bullets and Balkan politics - cover

    The Secret of Chimneys - A...

    James Harvey

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0 
    A perilous manuscript. A murdered blackmailer. A political conspiracy that could ignite all of Europe. 
When happy-go-lucky adventurer Anthony Cade agrees to deliver a set of highly explosive political memoirs and a packet of blackmail letters to London, he expects a quick and easy payday. Instead, he steps off the boat and straight into the crosshairs of ruthless foreign assassins, panic-stricken British diplomats, and underground secret societies. At the center of the gathering storm is the glamorous Virginia Revel, a fiercely independent widow who returns home from a social outing to find a dead body parked in her armchair. 
With a royal restoration hanging by a thread and lucrative oil concessions on the line, the paths of spies, statesmen, and scoundrels converge on the sprawling, aristocratic country estate of Chimneys. In a breakneck race against time, Anthony and Virginia must join forces to unravel a tangled web of lies, hidden identities, and lethal motives before the killers can strike again. 
Brimming with razor-sharp wit, unforgettable characters, and brilliant twists at every turn, The Secret of Chimneys is a masterful blend of cozy mystery and international thriller that will keep you guessing until the very final page is turned.
    Show book
  • The Cat Wears a Noose - cover

    The Cat Wears a Noose

    Dolores Hitchens, Rhys Bowen

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0 
    A drunken man is shot dead on his doorstep in this classic mystery starring the "observant [and] appealing" seventy-year-old sleuth (Publishers Weekly). 
 
 
  
Walking home wearily from an evening spent poring over the books of the Parchly Heights Methodist Ladies' Aid searching for a fifty-eight-cent error, Miss Jennifer Murdock becomes witness to a terrible scene: A man, stumbling drunk, arrives home—and just as he fumbles with his keys, gunfire erupts and kills him on the spot. 
 
 
  
Jennifer is determined not to tell her sister, Rachel, anything about it. After all, Rachel considers herself a sleuth, or as Jennifer views it, a busybody who pokes her nose in places it doesn't belong. What she doesn't know is Rachel has just had a visit from a member of that same household, a meek eighteen-year-old taken in after she was orphaned and treated like a servant. Young Shirley has been alarmed by a series of nasty pranks—and now she's heartbroken, and even more frightened, after finding her pet bird dead. There's something awful going on in the house on Chestnut Street, and neither her prim and proper sister nor Det. Lt. Stephen Mayhew can stop Rachel from finding out what it is . . .
    Show book
  • Huntingtower - cover

    Huntingtower

    John Buchan

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0 
    Dive into the captivating world of "Huntingtower" by John Buchan, where adventure meets unexpected heroism. Retired grocer Dickson McCunn embarks on a walking holiday in rural Scotland only to stumble upon a thrilling conspiracy. Aided by a band of spirited youngsters, he confronts Russian nobility held captive in an old mansion. As intrigue and courage intertwine, Buchan crafts a compelling narrative, celebrating the extraordinary potential hidden within ordinary lives.
    Show book
  • Fractured City - Loyalty and betrayal - cover

    Fractured City - Loyalty and...

    Bright Mills

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0 
    Meridian is a city divided between wealth and poverty, power and desperation, loyalty and betrayal. When a high-profile banker is found dead under suspicious circumstances, lives across the city collide. Detectives, journalists, criminals, and hackers are drawn into a dangerous web, each carrying secrets that could destroy them. Detective Clara Voss is haunted by past failures as she hunts for justice. Ethan Langford, an ambitious journalist, is willing to cross moral lines for the truth. Victor Hale, a powerful financier with a hidden empire, will stop at nothing to protect his secrets. Sofia Ramirez, a street-smart hacker, navigates a treacherous world of gangs and informants. And rookie cop Marcus Kane finds his own sense of morality tested when vengeance and duty intertwine. In Fractured City, alliances are fragile, motives are murky, and no one is safe. As Meridian's darkest truths come to light, each character must decide to survive at all costs, or risk everything to expose the corruption that binds them all.
    Show book
  • The Dead Years - cover

    The Dead Years

    Jeffrey B. Burton

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0 
    A serial killer, dormant for years, reawakens after viewing a Netflix docuseries depicting his string of homicides. The killer is not happy with his portrayal and no one in the cast and crew is safe! 
 
 
 
Siblings Cory and Crystal Pratt are still trying to get their lives together after a tragic accident which killed their parents years ago. The only thing that distracts them now is their jobs. With Crystal working as a newly minted detective at the Chicago Police Department and Cory owning a dog training academy with two human remains detection dogs of his own, their professional paths cross every now and then. 
 
 
 
Crime, and especially murder, in Chicago is nothing new, but when a string of killings happen that seem to be connected to a Netflix docuseries and its cast and crew, Cory and Crystal are called in to stop the number of bodies from piling any higher. 
 
 
 
But when the siblings start poking around the killer's business, the killer sets their sights on the pair . . . and particularly on Cory and his dogs! Will they be able to escape the fury of the serial killer or become the newest victims?
    Show book
  • Now You Know - cover

    Now You Know

    Nora Valters

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0 
    Lauren has worked hard to create her dream life: a perfect fiancé, a great job, and a safe, cozy home. But then, out of the blue, it all goes horribly wrong, and she finds her job is on the line, her fiancé is accusing her of cheating, and someone is writing terrible things on her car. At first, she thinks this is a horrible run of bad luck. But as her life spins out of control in a series of escalating disasters, it begins to dawn on her that these aren’t random events: she’s under attack. And she’s certain that whoever is doing this won’t stop until they’ve completely destroyed her life. But she’s wrong—they won’t stop until she’s dead.
    Show book