The Call of the Wild
The Call of the Wild
by Jack London
Buck, a stolen California dog, is worked north into the Yukon. London tells the story from the animal’s side of the harness.
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London’s Northland books put animals and people under the same pressure: cold, hunger, and the stories civilization tells about both. The Call of the Wild follows a dog out of California and into that pressure.
Before Adam
Before Adam
by Jack London
Before Adam recounts a man who dreams he lives the life of an early hominid. Before Adam offers an early view of human evolution.
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Burning Daylight
Burning Daylight
by Jack London
Burning Daylight is a novel by Jack London, published, one of the best-selling books of that year and London's best-selling book in his lifetime.
The Red One
The Red One
by Jack London
The Red One was first published in the October issue of The Cosmopolitan, two years after London's death. The Red One was reprinted in the same year by MacMillan, in a gathering of London's stories of the same name.
Martin Eden
Martin Eden
by Jack London
Martin Eden was first serialized in The Pacific Monthly magazine and then published in book form by Macmillan in September. Eden represents writers' frustration with publishers.
The Sea-Wolf
The Sea-Wolf
by Jack London
The Sea-Wolf's protagonist, Humphrey Van Weyden, is a literary critic who is a survivor of an ocean collision and who comes under the dominance of Wolf Larsen, the powerful and amoral sea captain who rescues him. Its first printing of forty thousand copies was immediately sold out before publication on the strength of London's previous The Call of the Wild.
Jerry of the Islands
Jerry of the Islands
by Jack London
Jerry of the Islands was initially published and is one of the last works by Jack London. Jerry of the Islands is set on the island of Malaita, a part of the Solomon Islands archipelago, which in became a British protectorate.
The Jacket (The Star-Rover)
The Jacket (The Star-Rover)
by Jack London
The Jacket (The Star-Rover) is science fiction, and involves both mysticism and reincarnation.
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The iron heel
The iron heel
by Jack London
The Iron Heel is a dystopian and political novel in the form of science fiction by American writer Jack London, first published.
Michael, Brother of Jerry
Michael, Brother of Jerry
by Jack London
Michael, Brother of Jerry is loosely connected to his previous novel Jerry of the Islands, also released. Each book recounts one of two dog siblings, Jerry and Michael, born in the Solomon Islands.
The Son of the Wolf
The Son of the Wolf
by Jack London
The Son of the Wolf is a northern set in Canada's Yukon and is based on a short story of the same name by Jack London.
The Mutiny of the Elsinore
The Mutiny of the Elsinore
by Jack London
The Mutiny of the Elsinore is partially based on London's voyage around Cape Horn on the Dirigo. The character "De Casseres", who espouses nihilistic viewpoints similar to the ideas of French philosopher Jules de Gaultier, is based on London's real-life friend and journalist Benjamin De Casseres.
Lost Face
Lost Face
by Jack London
Lost Face takes its name from the first short story in the book, about an European adventurer in the Yukon who outwits his (American) Indian captors' plans to torture him. Lost Face includes London's best-known short story, "To Build a Fire".
When God Laughs, and Other Stories
When God Laughs, and Other Stories
by Jack London
Released, When God Laughs, and Other Stories is the eleventh gathering of short stories by Jack London. In contrast with most of his other work that had been released at the time, When God Laughs is set in Polynesia.
The Little Lady of the Big House
The Little Lady of the Big House
by Jack London
The Little Lady of the Big House was his last novel to be published during his lifetime.
The Cruise of the Dazzler
The Cruise of the Dazzler
by Jack London
The Cruise of the Dazzler is considered a boy's adventure novel. In the novel, Joe Bronson, dissatisfied with his dull life at school, runs away and joins the crew of a sloop he sees in San Francisco Bay.
A Daughter of the Snows
A Daughter of the Snows
by Jack London
A Daughter of the Snows is Jack London's first novel. Set in the Yukon, it recounts Frona Welse, "a Stanford graduate and physical Valkyrie" who takes to the trail after upsetting her wealthy father's community by her forthright manner and befriending the town's prostitute.
The Road
The Road
by Jack London
The Road is London's account of his experiences as a hobo in the 1890s, during the worst economic depression the United States had experienced up to that time. He describes his experiences hopping freight trains, "holding down" a train when the crew is trying to throw him off, begging for food and money, and making up extraordinary stories to fool the police.
A Son of the Sun
A Son of the Sun
by Jack London
A Son of the Sun is set in the South Pacific at the beginning of the 20th century and consists of eight separate stories. David Grief is a forty-year-old English adventurer who came to the South seas years ago and became rich.
Hearts of three
Hearts of three
by Jack London
Hearts of three was finished right before the writer's death and released in the New York Journal. Hearts of three is based on an idea by Charles Goddard.