The Jungle Chapter 20

In which Jurgis desperately seeks the aid of Madame Haupt, a weary and uncompromising midwife, to assist his wife’s childbirth under grim and squalid conditions, only to be met with the harsh realitie...

27 Sep 25min

In which Jurgis emerges from his confinement to find the world transformed by cold and hardship, only to confront the cruel reality of a lost home and scattered family, victims to the relentless force...

26 Sep 27min

In which Jurgis endures the grim realities of prison life, forging an unlikely friendship with the worldly and roguish Jack Duane, while the squalid conditions and a motley collection of fellow inmate...

26 Sep 26min

In which Jurgis, arrested and imprisoned after a violent encounter, endures the grim realities of a jail cell while his mind wrestles with the terrible burdens of shame, worry for his family, and the ...

25 Sep 24min

In which the harsh grip of winter augments the relentless toil of the packinghouse workers, while a shadow of fear and confusion grows around Ona’s mysterious absences, revealing the crushing pressure...

25 Sep 35min

In which the grim realities of the meatpacking industry are revealed through the family's painful immersion in the routine of corrupted and dangerous work, marked by the grotesque recycling of spoiled...

24 Sep 20min

In which the grim realities of labour and life in the packing yards are laid bare, as a family mourns the loss of a frail child and Jurgis confronts the appalling conditions of the fertilizer works, a...

24 Sep 22min