Boston by Upton Sinclair

First published in 1928, Boston is Upton Sinclair's monumental fictional account of the Sacco-Vanzetti affair: one of the most controversial criminal cases in American history. When two Italian immigrants and anarchists, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, are arrested, tried, and ultimately executed for a payroll robbery and murder they may never have committed, the case tears the nation apart along lines of class, ethnicity, and ideology. At the center of Sinclair's novel stands Cornelia Thornwell, a Boston Brahmin widow who abandons the comforts of her privileged life to work in the mills alongside the immigrants her class has always ignored. Through her eyes, readers witness the full spectacle of justice corrupted by fear and prejudice. Drawing on years of research and personal investigation, Sinclair crafted a work of fierce moral outrage and deep human sympathy. This edition presents the complete novel in a single volume, with chapters unified for uninterrupted reading.