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Originally Posted by NewChief
Well, The Jungle is pretty much required reading for most high school American Literature courses, so it's hard to argue that he doesn't get much love. I just don't think he's considered much of a stylist. He's a journalist who ended up writing timely novels on important subjects in a journalistic fashion, whereas you have someone like Hemingway who was a journalist who wrote novels and elevated the style into something fresh and unique.
In all honesty, though, I haven't read Sinclair in ages. I should probably revisit him.
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It has been some time for me as well , but while reading World War, I realized I was having the same feeling as I hD while reading East Of Eden, almost like I had been living the book while I was reading it.
Thanks for the reply.