Which novel, Herbert or Ten Days That Shook the World, was by American journalist and socialist John Reed?
Herbert (film) Herbert is a 2005 Bengali-language film that was directed by veteran theater director Suman Mukhopadhyay. It was based on Nabarun Bhattacharya's 1993 Sahitya Akademi Award winning novel of the same name.
The Jungle The Jungle is a 1906 novel written by the American journalist and novelist Upton Sinclair (1878–1968). Sinclair wrote the novel to portray the harsh conditions and exploited lives of immigrants in the United States in Chicago and similar industrialized cities. Perhaps his main goal in exposing the meat industry and working conditions was to advance Socialism in the United States. However, most readers were more concerned with his exposure of health violations and unsanitary practices in the American meatpacking industry during the early 20th century, greatly contributing to a public outcry which led to reforms including the Meat Inspection Act. Sinclair famously said of the public reaction "I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach."