Jack London
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"The Acorn-Planter - A California Forest Play" is a 1916 play in two acts by Jack London, originally intended to be sung and accompanied by an orchestra. John Griffith London (1876 – 1916), commonly known as Jack London, was an American journalist, social activist, and novelist. He was an early pioneer of commercial magazine fiction, becoming one of the first globally-famous celebrity writers who were able to earn a large amount of money from their...
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Jack London was born into abject poverty in the slums of San Francisco during the winter of 1876. His writing was to reflect the hard life he lived, perpetually chronicling men facing the wild as he did throughout his life. After his eighth grade year, poverty forced London to leave school. This did not stop him, as he furthered his literary knowledge and skill at the Oakland Public Library, borrowing books and educating himself. London faced great...
43) Klondike Tales
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Jack London became an instant celebrity in America from his first appearance on the literary scene. Born in San Francisco in 1876, he spent his adult life dedicated to the new genre of commercial magazine fiction, which reached audiences all over the globe. He amassed a large amount of money, but used much of it in his social activism. His most well-known work is "Call of the Wild," followed by "White Fang." He grew up and worked during the gold rush,...
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Presented here are two of Jack London's most popular adventure stories of canine survival and hardship in the frozen north: "The Call of the Wild" and "White Fang." First up, London's premiere novel "The Call of the Wild," which spins the take of Buck, a St. Bernard mix who is kidnapped from his life as a pampered pet in California and forced into servitude as a sled dog in the Yukon. Full of struggle, hardship and triumph, "Call of the Wild" was...
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The Scarlet Plague is a post-apocalyptic fiction novel written by Jack London and originally published in London Magazine in 1912. The story takes place in 2073, sixty years after an uncontrollable epidemic, the Red Death, has depopulated the planet. James Howard Smith is one of the few survivors of the pre-plague era left alive in the San Francisco area, and he travels with his grandsons Edwin, Hoo-Hoo, and Hare-Lip. His grandsons are "savage" and...
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"A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog."
Your Deluxe Unabridged Annotated Edition contains
• 3 Popular Essays
"Klondike Impressions"
"Dawson City After 10 Years"
"The Far North is Really Liveable"
• Jack London Biographical Sketch
• Bibliography of "Jack London" – Since 1990 – Over 100 references – already in Harvard format for quick and easy
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Jack London (San Francisco, 1876 - California, 1916), es uno de los autores norteamericanos del siglo xix que ha gozado de mayor difusión y popularidad fuera de las fronteras de su país. Su obra, integrada en la corriente naturalista, muestra una preferencia por situar la acción en parajes lejanos e inexplorados, donde las condiciones de supervivencia resultan extremadamente difíciles para el hombre civilizado, y toca temas propios de la sociedad...
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Jack London was a writer, but more than that, he was an adventurer who wrote about his adventures. Growing up working class in San Francisco, London diligently scrounged out a life riding trains, pirating oysters, working on a sealing ship, and working at a cannery, all the while using his free time to hole up in libraries reading novels and travel books. A harrowing voyage aboard a sealing ship, where he and the crew were almost killed by a typhoon,...
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"The Abysmal Brute" is a novel by American writer Jack London, first published in book form in 1913. It is a short novel, and could be regarded as a novelette. In the story, a successful boxer, who was brought up in a log cabin and knows little of the real world, begins to realize the corrupt practices in the game of boxing.
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"How I Became a Socialist" is a 1903 essay by Jack London. John Griffith "Jack" London (1876 - 1916) was an American journalist, novelist, and social activist. He was amongst the first writers of fiction to receive international acclaim and earn a large fortune from their work. London was also a member of the radical literary group "The Crowd", as well as a vehement advocate of socialism. Other notable works by this author include: "White Fang" (1906),...
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John Griffith London 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. He was also an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction.
His most famous works include The Call of the Wild and White Fang, both set in the Klondike Gold Rush, as well...
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Best Seller • Complete, Unabridged Edition.Only this CLASSICS MADE EASY™ edition includes a comprehensive 150-WORD GLOSSARY.UNDERSTAND the dog sledding terms and slang from the period used throughout the story.PLUS: This book also includes a biographical article on the author, historical context, and more!
This brilliantly compiled edition includes:
• GLOSSARY: A glossary of over 150 words, including dog sledding terms, slang and phrases...
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Jack London, probablemente nacido como John Griffith Chaney ( 1876-1916), fue un escritor estadounidense, autor de Colmillo Blanco, La llamada de lo salvaje y otras novelas y cuentos.
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Amor a la vida
Bâtard
Cara de luna
El burlado
El diente de ballena
El llamado de la selva
El pagano
El silencio blanco
Encender una hoguera
La ley de la vida
La liga de los ancianos
Odisea en el norte
Por el hombre que está en la pista
Un buen bistec
Un millar...
55) Dutch Courage
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A fantastic collection of 10 very early short stories by Jack London, discovered and published after his death.
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Für die eBook-Ausgabe neu lektoriert und mit modernisierter Rechtschreibung. Voll verlinkt, mit eBook-Inhaltsverzeichnis und zahlreichen Worterklärungen Es gibt keinen anderen Roman, der den legendären Goldrausch am kanadischen Klondike River in den 1890er Jahren so authentisch schildert, wie Jack Londons ›Lockruf des Goldes‹. Kein Wunder, denn der Autor suchte dort selbst ein Jahr lang sein Glück als Goldschürfer. Der Held des Buches, Elam...
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Jack London's follow-up to his enormously popular debut novel "The Call of the Wild," "White Fang" once again brings the reader back into the frozen Yukon, this time following the life and adventures of a half-wolf puppy growing up in a brutal wilderness where the basic rule of survival is: kill or be killed.
A sweeping novel of adventure, struggle, hardship and triumph, "White Fang" solidified London's place as one of America's premiere novelists...
58) A Drinking Life
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"Come. Your glass is empty. Fill and forget."
In one of the great works of American literature, Jack London tells a poignant tale of the power of addiction through his alter-ego, John Barleycorn. With alcohol as his sole companion, John travels across North America, living as a sailor, gold prospector, unemployed vagabond, and struggling novelist. Written with elegance and intelligence, and never shying away from the addiction that bedevilled him,...
59) Smoke and Shorty
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First published in 1920, "Smoke and Shorty" contains a wonderful selection of short stories written by Jack London, including: "The Story of the Little Man", "The Hanging of Cultus George", "The Mistake of Creation", "A Flutter in Eggs", "The Town-site for Tra-lee", and "Wonder of Woman".
60) Martin Eden
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Martin Eden ist die Geschichte eines ungebildeten, ungehobelten, jedoch weltklugen jungen Mannes, der sich heroisch um die Zuneigung eines Mädchens aus der gehobenen Schicht bemüht. Martin Eden glaubt, einzig durch das Erlangen von Bildung und Respekt würdig für die Liebe der jungen Ruth Morse zu sein. Er kann sich aber keine Schule und keinen Lehrer leisten und beschließt somit, sich selbst autodidaktisch zu unterrichten. Auf diesem Weg offenbaren...