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King Midas: A Romance

Author
Upton Sinclair
Read by
James Harrington
Language
English
Length
9 hours 13 minutes
ISBN
9781911065692
Published
18 July 2024
Imprint
Sovereign
  • romance
  • idealism
  • greed
  • materialism
  • moral dilemmas
  • love
  • ambition
  • families
  • wealth
  • myth

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Description

This captivating novel weaves the tale of two idealistic lovers, Billy Fairfax and Ethel Hever, whose dreams clash with the greed and materialism of their families. As they navigate love and ambition, they encounter the timeless tale of King Midas, drawing poignant parallels between myth and their reality. Sinclair's richly detailed romance explores the moral dilemmas of wealth and the enduring power of true love, making it a deeply touching and thought-provoking read.

Author

Upton Sinclair (1878–1968) wrote The Jungle and a long shelf of muckraking novels in which industry is the villain. The Chicago stockyards novel was meant to convert readers to socialism; it converted them to food reform instead — and still stands as American protest fiction at documentary heat. Sinclair kept going: oil, coal, journalism, politics, a career of books used as weapons.

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