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    The Second-Story Man
    The Second-Story Man
    The Second-Story Man
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    The Second-Story Man

    By Upton Sinclair

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 27, 2013
    The Second-Story Man
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    Upton Sinclair

    Upton Sinclair (1878-1968) is a celebrated American author best known for his 1906 novel, The Jungle, which exposed to poor working conditions and potential health violations in the meatpacking industry. The novel caused a public uproar which resulted in sweeping changes of the industry and catapulted Sinclair into the limelight. He went on to write nearly 100 books and won the 1943 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

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      The Second-Story Man - Upton Sinclair

      The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Second-Story Man, by Upton Sinclair

      This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org

      Title: The Second-Story Man

      Author: Upton Sinclair

      Release Date: April 25, 2013 [EBook #3302]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE SECOND-STORY MAN ***

      Produced by Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading team

      THE SECOND-STORY MAN

      By Upton Sinclair

      CHARACTERS

      JIM FARADAY: the second-story man. HARVEY AUSTIN: a lawyer. HELEN

      AUSTIN: his wife.

      SCENE: Library of the Austin home.

      Time: 2 A.M.

      [The scene shows a luxuriously furnished room. In the centre is a table with a lamp. To the right is the entrance into the front hall, the front door of the house being visible. In the corner is a cabinet of curios. In the rear is a large window opening on the street. Open fire-place. There are two entrances at the left. There are book-shelves, several easy-chairs, etc., in the room.]

      [At rise: The stage is empty, and the room is darkened except for the fire in the grate. Sounds of breaking wood are heard at the window.]

      JIM. [A roughly-dressed young fellow with a patch over one eye, enters through window, stands gazing about nervously, looks into the hall, etc., then flashes a dark lantern.] This looks pretty good.

      [Goes to mantel, takes silver cup and puts it into bag which he carries; then exit left.]

      AUSTIN. [Enters at front door without much noise. Hangs up coat and hat, and then stands in entrance. He is a smooth-faced young man in evening dress.] All gone to bed, hey?

      [Takes out cigarette case and is about to light one, when a crash is heard off left, as of a vase falling. He starts, then runs to table, opens drawer, takes out revolver, and examines it, and steals off through the other entrance

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