Jack London

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White Fang is part dog and part wolf, and the lone survivor of his family. In his lonely world, he soon learns to follow the harsh law of the North--kill or be killed. But nothing in White Fang's life can prepare him for the cruel owner who turns him into a vicious killer. Will White Fang ever know the kindness of a gentle master?

First published in 1903, The Call of the Wild is regarded as Jack London's masterpiece. Based on London's experiences as a gold prospector in the Canadian wilderness and his ideas about nature and the struggle for existence, The Call of the Wild is a tale about unbreakable spirit and the fight for survival in the frozen Alaskan Klondike.

"Day had broken cold and grey, exceedingly cold and grey, when the man turned aside from the main Yukon trail and climbed the high earth- bank, where a dim and little-travelled trail led eastward through the fat spruce timberland..." A man alone on the Yukon Trail—save for his dog—is planning on meeting friends when the day turns for the worse and he encounters severe cold reaching 75 degrees below zero. His luck only goes downhill from there when he gets wet after falling through the snow. Now, his only hope of surviving is to build a fire, but his lack of supplies, the extreme elements and his own diminishing senses prove to be an impenetrable barrier to his existence. First published in 1902, 'To Build a Fire' is one of Jack London's most beloved short stories. A heartbreaking tale set in the vast wintry landscape of the North, it endures as one of the greatest adventures ever written. Jack London (1876-1916) was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and American magazines, he was one of the first American authors to become an international celebrity and earn a large fortune from writing. His most famous works include 'The Call of the Wild' (1903) and 'White Fang' (1906), as well as the short stories 'To Build a Fire' (1902), 'An Odyssey of the North' (1900), and 'Love of Life' (1905).

The semiautobiographical Martin Eden is the most vital and original character Jack London ever created. Set in San Francisco, this is the story of Martin Eden, an impoverished seaman who pursues, obsessively and aggressively, dreams of education and literary fame. London, dissatisfied with the rewards of his own success, intended Martin Eden as an attack on individualism and a criticism of ambition; however, much of its status as a classic has been conferred by admirers of its ambitious protagonist. Andrew Sinclair's wide-ranging introduction discusses the conflict between London's support of socialism and his powerful self-will. Sinclair also explores the parallels and divergences between the life of Martin Eden and that of his creator, focusing on London's mental depressions and how they affected his depiction of Eden.

'An old man, James Howard Smith, walks along deserted railway tracks, long since unused and overgrown; beside him a young, feral boy helps him along. It has been 60 years since the great Red Death wiped out mankind, and the handful of survivors from all walks of life have established their own civilization and their own hierarchy in a savage world. Art, science, and all learning has been lost, and the young descendants of the healthy know nothing of the world that was—nothing but myths and make-believe. The old man is the only one who can convey the wonders of that bygone age, and the horrors of the plague that brought about its end. What future lies in store for the remnants of mankind can only be surmised—their ignorance, barbarity, and ruthlessness the only hopes they have?'

Like the celebrated Klondike Tales, the stories that comprise South Sea Tales derive their intensity from the author’s own far-flung adventures, conveying an impassioned, unsparing vision borne only of experience. The powerful tales gathered here vividly evoke the turn-of-the-century colonial Pacific and its capricious tropical landscape, while also trenchantly observing the delicate interplay between imperialism and the exotic. And as Tony Horwitz asserts in his Introduction, “When London’s stories click, we are utterly there, at the edge of the world and the limit of human endurance.”

The Call of the Wild and White Fang, two American classics by Jack London, are presented together in this elegantly designed jacketed hardcover edition featuring an introduction by Jack London scholar Kenneth K. Brandt. The Call of the Wild (1903) and White Fang (1906) are two classic American adventure novels depicting the evolution of two dogs in the wild. The novels are in fact mirror images of one another, as Call of the Wild depicts Buck's journey from domestic to wild dog, while White Fang recounts White Fang's transformation from wild beast to domestic companion. Both convey powerful themes of redemption and survival that continue to affect readers even today. These beautifully written stories, now together in one highly produced volume complete with a timeline of the life and times of Jack London, are a perfect addition to any young adult's library. Anyone with a taste for adventure, who loves the outdoors or camping, or who spends time daydreaming about living self-sufficiently will be enamored by these adventure stories. Essential volumes for the shelves of every classic literature lover, the Chartwell Classics series includes beautifully presented works and collections from some of the most important authors in literary history. Chartwell Classics are the editions of choice for the most discerning literature buffs. Other titles in the Chartwell Classics Series include: Complete Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft; Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales; Complete Novels of Jane Austen; Complete Sherlock Holme; Complete Tales & Poems of Edgar Allen Poe; Complete Works of William Shakespeare; Divine Comedy; Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Other Tales; The Essential Tales of H.P. Lovecraft; The Federalist Papers; The Inferno; Moby Dick; The Odyssey; Pride and Prejudice; The Essential Grimm's Fairy Tales; Emma; The Great Gatsby; The Secret Garden; Anne of Green Gables; The Essential Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe; The Phantom of the Opera; The Communist Manifesto and Das Kapital; Republic; Frankenstein; Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea; The Picture of Dorian Gray; Meditations; Wuthering Heights; Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass; A Tales of Two Cities; Beowulf; The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories; Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; Little Women

Jack London spent a year living in the Yukon and drew heavily upon his experiences there while writing his two classics, The Call of the Wild and White Fang. He later said, "It was in the Klondike that I found myself."The Call of the Wild is one of London's most popular novels. The story follows a dog named Buck, a 140lb Saint Bernard and Scotch Shepard mix. Buck is abducted from a comfortable life as a pet and tossed into the chaos of the Klondike Gold Rush and the brutal realities of frontier life. Buck changes hands a number of times before landing in the kindly hands of John Thornton. Thornton takes ownership of Buck from a trio of ignorant stampeders, intent upon making a dangerous river crossing. Buck refuses to cross, despite a vicious beating. Thornton recognizes the dogs intelligence and strength. He steps in to claim the dog and nurses Buck back to health. But Buck is forever changed by the treatment he has received at the hands of other men.A companion novel to The Call of the Wild, White Fang is the story of a wild dog's journey toward becoming civilized. The much loved book is characteristic of London's precise prose style and innovation use of voice and perspective. Much of the novel is written from the viewpoint of the animals, allowing London to explore how animals view their world and how they view humans. White Fang relies on his instincts as well as his strength and courage to survive in the Yukon wilderness—despite both animal and human predators—and eventually comes to make his peace with man.Both editions includes illustrations and links to free full-length audio recordings of The Call of the Wild and White Fang.*Text optimized for Kindle.*Individual Table of Contents accessible from the Kindle "go to" feature.*Perfect formatting in rich text compatible with Kindle's Text-to-Speech features.

The Call of the Wild and White Fang, two American classics by Jack London, are presented together in this elegantly designed jacketed hardcover edition featuring an introduction by Jack London scholar Kenneth K. Brandt. The Call of the Wild (1903) and White Fang (1906) are two classic American adventure novels depicting the evolution of two dogs in the wild. The novels are in fact mirror images of one another, as Call of the Wild depicts Buck's journey from domestic to wild dog, while White Fang recounts White Fang's transformation from wild beast to domestic companion. Both convey powerful themes of redemption and survival that continue to affect readers even today. These beautifully written stories, now together in one highly produced volume complete with a timeline of the life and times of Jack London, are a perfect addition to any young adult's library. Anyone with a taste for adventure, who loves the outdoors or camping, or who spends time daydreaming about living self-sufficiently will be enamored by these adventure stories. Essential volumes for the shelves of every classic literature lover, the Chartwell Classics series includes beautifully presented works and collections from some of the most important authors in literary history. Chartwell Classics are the editions of choice for the most discerning literature buffs. Other titles in the Chartwell Classics Series include: Complete Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft; Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales; Complete Novels of Jane Austen; Complete Sherlock Holme; Complete Tales & Poems of Edgar Allen Poe; Complete Works of William Shakespeare; Divine Comedy; Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Other Tales; The Essential Tales of H.P. Lovecraft; The Federalist Papers; The Inferno; Moby Dick; The Odyssey; Pride and Prejudice; The Essential Grimm's Fairy Tales; Emma; The Great Gatsby; The Secret Garden; Anne of Green Gables; The Essential Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe; The Phantom of the Opera; The Communist Manifesto and Das Kapital; Republic; Frankenstein; Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea; The Picture of Dorian Gray; Meditations; Wuthering Heights; Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass; A Tales of Two Cities; Beowulf; The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories; Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; Little Women

Arrancado à doce e pacífica vida que levava numa fazenda da Califórnia, o cão "Buck", metade São Bernardo, metade cão-pastor, é roubado e vendido como cão de trenó. Nas terras selvages do Norte do Canadá, Buck enfrenta a fome, o frio, as lutas com outros cães e os maus tratos sem nunca perder a coragem e a dignidade. Buck acaba por ser esgatado por John Thornton, mas no seu apelo da vida selvagem, que o instiga a rondar livremente pela selva. Esta novela de Jack London, publicada em 1903, revestiu-se de tal sucesso que de imediato foi traduzida em cerca de 90 línguas, sendo reeditada sempre até aos nossos dias.

Generally considered to be "the earliest of the modern Dystopian," The Iron Heel chronicles the rise of an oligarchic tyranny in the United States. It is arguably the novel in which Jack London's socialist views are most explicitly on display. London presents a fictional "Everhard Manuscript", hidden and found centuries in the future. This book is a platform for him to espouse his socialist views and predict the collapse of capitalism. Very different from his other action novels, it envisions a future oligarchic tyranny in America and the rise of the Socialist party. The book has been credited with influencing George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four.

Librarian's note: Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780140186512. We need London's mythical wolf almost as much as we need the wildernesses of the world, for without such ghost-animals from the depths of the human subconscious we are alone with the depths of the human subconscious we are alone with ourselves." -From the Introduction This volume of the best of Jack London’s famed stories of the North includes The Call of the Wild, London’s masterpiece about a dog learning to survive in the wilderness, along with “Bâtard,” “Love of Life,” and White Fang, the story of a wild dog’s acclimation to the world of men, generally considered the companion piece to The Call of the Wild. In his Introduction, James Dickey probes London’s strong personal and literary identification with the wolf-dog as symbol and totem. Andrew Sinclair, London’s official biographer and the volume’s editor, provides a brief account of London’s life a sailor, desperado, socialist, adventurer, and acclaimed author.

En 2013 estalla en las principales ciudades de la Tierra una peste fulminante que se propaga con rapidez hasta el último rincón habitado. No hay para ella antídotos conocidos; en cuestión de días, el vano éxodo de los pobladores vacía las ciudades, devastadas por el pillaje, los incendios y la violencia. Con el paso del tiempo, unos pocos supervivientes van formando pequeñas comunidades mientras a su alrededor una vegetación asilvestrada, sin control, ahoga las zonas antes cultivadas, y los animales domésticos, con garras y dientes, tratan de asegurarse un lugar en el nuevo orden zoológico. Sesenta años después de la tragedia, el último superviviente de la peste —entonces joven profesor universitario y ahora anciano de casi noventa años— intenta al final de su vida transmitir algo de experiencia y sabiduría a sus nietos casi salvajes, evocando un mundo que ya nadie sabe que ha perdido...

La vita di Buck, cane di razza abituato al clima mite e alla tranquillità degli Stati Uniti del Sud, ha un'improvvisa svolta quando, per una scommessa persa, è venduto e spedito al Nord, come cane da slitta. Piegato all'obbedienza da un esperto allevatore, riesce a far fronte alle nuove esigenze e a sopravvivere alle privazioni e al clima inclemente. Ma qualcosa è cambiato in lui: nel suo comportamento riaffiorano istinti sopiti. Buck sente crescere, sempre più forte, il contrasto tra natura e educazione, tra amore per il padrone e slancio incontenibile verso la libertà. i vocaboli da usare e quelli da evitare.

Published posthumously, this collection of seven short stories and sketches creates a fascinating portrait of life on the picturesque Hawaiian Islands. Brimming with vivid descriptions of the sea and forest, these tales examine the lives of an array of characters and the effect upon them of their contact with Western civilization.

Nell'anno 2013, in un mondo dominato dal Consiglio dei Magnati dell'Industria, scoppia un'epidemia che in breve tempo cancella l'intera razza umana. Sessant'anni dopo, nello scenario post-apocalittico di una California ripiombata nell'età della pietra, un vecchio, uno dei pochissimi superstiti (e a lungo persuaso di essere l'unico), di fronte a un pugno di ragazzi selvaggi – i nipoti degli altri scampati – riuniti intorno a un fuoco dopo la caccia quotidiana, racconta come la civiltà sia andata in fumo allorché l'umanità, con il pretesto del morbo inarrestabile, si è affrettata a riportarsi con perversa frenesia a stadi inimmaginabili di crudeltà e barbarie. La peste scarlatta è uno dei grandi testi visionari di Jack London, che qui ancora una volta anticipa temi che, un secolo dopo, diventeranno ossessivi.

El argumento trata de un perro llamado Buck cuyos instintos primitivos vuelven tras una serie de sucesos que le ocurren cuando lo ponen a tirar de un trineo en el Yukon durante la fiebre del oro que tuvo lugar en el siglo XX en el Klondike durante la cual los perros de tiro se compraban a precios elevados."

The Star Rover, in the UK published as The Jacket, is a collection of short stories revolves around the concept of reincarnation. It tells the story of San Quentin death-row inmate Darrell Standing, who escapes the horror of prison life —and long stretches in a straitjacket— by withdrawing into vivid dreams of past lives, including incarnations as a French nobleman and an Englishman in medieval Korea. Based on the life and imprisonment of Jack London’s friend Ed Morrell, this is one of the author’s most complex and original works.

Dalla cucciolata di cinque cani selvaggi, solamente uno rimane in vita. Un piccolo cucciolo dal manto grigio. Durante i suoi primi mesi, il piccolo e la madre Kiche si imbattono in una comitiva di indiani, i quali li catturano. La madre ben presto viene abbandonata, e il capo indiano Castoro Grigio da al cucciolo il nome di Zanna Bianca. L'infanzia di Zanna Bianca al campo indiano è molto dura, infatti, cresce selvaggio, solitario e sanguinario. Un giorno Castoro Grigio, si fa convincere e vende Zanna Bianca ad un uomo bianco di nome Beauty Smith, che torturerà l'ormai lupo, per incattivirlo ed utilizzarlo come cane da combattimento. Zanna Bianca riesce a dominare tutti i cani che gli vengono posti contro, vincendo addirittura contro un lince, finché non viene assaltato brutalmente da un bulldog. Quest'ultimo nella lotta, riesce a serrare la sua mandibola intorno al collo di Zanna Bianca, soffocandolo. Fortunatamente Weedon Scott, un giovane e ricco commerciante californiano, disgustato dalla scena interviene, salvando Zanna Bianca, e costringendo Beauty Smith a vendergli l'animale. Scott riesce a rieducare il lupo, facendogli capire che al mondo non ci sono solo odio e violenza, ma anche amore e affetto. Il lupo si affezionerà talmente tanto al nuovo padrone, da adattarsi ad una vita civile, con regole e convivenza che non aveva mai rispettato.

The Call of the Wild —Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time To this day Jack London is the most widely read American writer in the world," E. L. Doctorow wrote in The New York Times Book Review. Generally considered to be London's greatest achievement, The Call of the Wild brought him international acclaim when it was published in 1903. His story of the dog Buck, who learns to survive in the bleak Yukon wilderness, is viewed by many as his symbolic autobiography. "No other popular writer of his time did any better writing than you will find in The Call of the Wild," said H. L. Mencken. "Here, indeed, are all the elements of sound fiction."         White Fang (1906), which London conceived as a "complete antithesis and companion piece to The Call of the Wild," is the tale of an abused wolf-dog tamed by exposure to civilization. Also included in this volume is "To Build a Fire," a marvelously desolate short story set in the Klondike, but containing all the elements of a classic Greek tragedy.         "The quintessential Jack London is in the on-rushing compulsive-ness of his northern stories," noted James Dickey. "Few men have more convincingly examined the connection between the creative powers of the individual writer and the unconscious drive to breed and to survive, found in the natural world. . . . London is in and committed to his creations to a degree very nearly unparalleled in the composition of fiction."

This edition of To Build a Fire and Other Stories includes an Introduction, Biographical Note, and Afterword by David Lubar. In these collected stories of man against the wilderness, London lays claim to the title of greatest outdoor adventure writer of all time. Contents: - To build a fire - Love of life - Chinago - Told in the drooling ward - The Mexican - War - South of the slot - Water baby - All Gold Canyon - Koolau the leper - Apostate - Mauki - An Odyssey of the north - A piece of steak - Strength of the strong - Red one - Wit or Porportuk - God of his fathers - In a far country - To the man on trail - White silence - League of the old men - Wisdom of the trail - Batard

Buck es un perro que lleva una buena vida en un rancho de California con su amo, el juez Miller, hasta que lo roban y venden para pagar una deuda de juego. Se lo llevan a Alaska y allí pasa a manos de un par de canadienses entregados a la fiebre del oro que lo entrenan como perro de trineo. La dureza del entorno provocará que Buck vaya recuperando su lado salvaje, única forma de sobrevivir en las frías tierras del norte. Jack London pasó casi un año en el Yukón (Canadá) recogiendo material para el libro. La historia fue publicada por entregas en el Saturday Evening Post en el verano de 1903 y un mes después en un único tomo. La gran popularidad y el éxito del libro cimentaron la fama de London. Gran parte del atractivo de esta novela deriva de su aparente simplicidad y de la intensa emoción que transmite este relato de supervivencia.

'An old man, James Howard Smith, walks along deserted railway tracks, long since unused and overgrown; beside him a young, feral boy helps him along. It has been 60 years since the great Red Death wiped out mankind, and the handful of survivors from all walks of life have established their own civilization and their own hierarchy in a savage world. Art, science, and all learning has been lost, and the young descendants of the healthy know nothing of the world that was—nothing but myths and make-believe. The old man is the only one who can convey the wonders of that bygone age, and the horrors of the plague that brought about its end. What future lies in store for the remnants of mankind can only be surmised—their ignorance, barbarity, and ruthlessness the only hopes they have?'