Project Gutenberg 2002-07-01 Public domain in the USA. 85 Sinclair, Upton 1878 1968 Fitch, Clarke Garrison, Frederick Sinclair, Upton Beall The Machine Produced by Charles Franks, the Online Distributed Proofreading team, and David Widger "The Machine" by Upton Sinclair is a dramatic play written in the early 20th century. The narrative unfolds around the corrupt intermingling of business, politics, and socio-economic struggles in early 20th-century America, focusing on characters involved in the traction industry and their moral dilemmas. Central to this exploration are Julia Patterson, a magazine writer and social reformer, and Laura Hegan, the daughter of a powerful traction king, who grapples with her family's wealth and the resulting societal implications. The opening of the play introduces us to Julia Patterson's modest apartment, where she engages in conversation with Jack Bullen, a socialist activist. They discuss class struggles and the plight of the working class, setting the stage for a deeper exploration of corruption and social injustice. Laura Hegan arrives, and through dialogue, we learn about her charitable inclinations despite her father's dubious dealings in the traction business. Tension arises as Laura's awareness of her father's involvement in corrupt practices grows, particularly related to the impending decision of the Court of Appeals on a significant railroad case. This initial portion establishes a dramatic framework of impending conflict as characters navigate their moral beliefs against the backdrop of a corrupt political machine. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en American drama -- 20th century New York (N.Y.) -- Drama Socialists -- Drama Political corruption -- Drama Tammany Hall -- Drama PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Politics Browsing: Fiction 147685 147686 2024-10-02T07:54:29.777729 2023-10-02T07:15:56.886932 text/html text/html 143616 2013-01-21T15:05:48 text/html; charset=us-ascii 44774 2013-01-21T15:06:46 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 109504 2024-10-02T07:54:35.031680 application/epub+zip 109991 2024-10-02T07:54:31.723709 application/epub+zip 109992 2024-10-02T07:54:30.445724 application/epub+zip 204804 2024-10-02T07:54:37.372666 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 194663 2024-10-02T07:54:34.338694 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 166385 2022-09-02T09:23:30.845885 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 116516 116438 2024-10-02T07:54:29.180709 2023-10-02T07:15:56.425925 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 116373 2010-09-05T08:25:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 42299 2010-09-05T08:29:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20816 2024-10-02T07:54:37.508672 application/rdf+xml 10756 2024-10-02T07:54:30.992697 image/jpeg 2882 2024-10-02T07:54:30.719692 image/jpeg 107315 2024-10-02T07:54:29.790700 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia