"Naturally, the aspect of prison life was changed for Jurgis by the arrival of a cell-mate. He could not turn his face to the wall and sulk, he had to speak when he was spoken to; nor could he help being interested in the conversation of Duane—the first educated man with whom he had ever talked."
Description:Chapter Seventeen in Upton Sinclair's original serial for Appeal to Reason, the unexpurgated version of what became "The Jungle."
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