Jack London

Presents the adventures of an unusual dog, part Saint Bernard and part Scotch shepherd, that is forcibly taken to the Klondike gold fields where he eventually becomes the leader of a wolf pack.

The year is 2073, and the glorious reign of humanity has been reduced to savage teenagers wearing animal skins and hunting in the ruins of San Francisco. Sixty years ago, the unstoppable Red Death swept across the globe, dissolving the bodies of its victims in mere minutes and plunging a planet of eight billion souls into primal chaos. Now, Professor James Howard Smith-known only as "Granser" to his feral, uncomprehending grandsons-is the last...

Set in the remote Tuamotu Archipelago, The House of Mapuhi is a gripping tale of ambition, greed, and nature's unrelenting fury. In this powerful short story by Jack London, a humble islander named Mapuhi dreams of building a fine house - a symbol of prestige and modern comfort. When he discovers an enormous, priceless pearl, he believes his dream is within reach. But the island's harsh social dynamics and the looming threat of a devastating hurricane...

Despite the heavy clumsiness of her lines, the Aorai handled easily in the light breeze, and her captain ran her well in before he hove to just outside the suck of the surf. The atoll of Hikueru lay low on the water, a circle of pounded coral sand a hundred yards wide, twenty miles in circumference, and from three to five feet above high-water mark. On the bottom of the huge and glassy lagoon was much pearl shell, and from the deck of the schooner,...

Enlevé à l'affection de son foyer californien, le chien Buck se retrouve esclave des hommes rustres et sauvages du Grand Nord Canadien, dans ce Klondike qui a donné son nom à une ruée vers l'or. Là, ses manières de chien de maison disparaissent rapidement et il apprend à survivre au froid, à la faim, à la fatigue et à son labeur permanent de chien de traineau. Maltraité par les hommes, maltraité par ses congénères, il doit faire preuve...

"Love of Life" is a gripping short story by Jack London, first published in 1907. Set in the harsh wilderness of the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush, the narrative follows an unnamed man as he struggles for survival against the brutal forces of nature. The story begins with the man, who is alone and starving after being abandoned by his companions. With nothing but his will to live and a desperate desire to find food, he embarks on a perilous...

The House of Pride is a quietly devastating tale of race, identity, and decay in colonial Hawaii, told with Jack London's sharp eye for cultural nuance and emotional contradiction. At its heart is Percival Ford - a wealthy, refined white man of impeccable education and moral ideals - who takes pride in his Hawaiian-born heritage while holding himself above the native population from which he partly descends. When Ford attends a local social gathering...

In Call of the Wild, Buck, a domesticated dog, is stolen from his home in California and sold into sled dog slavery during the 1890s Klondike gold rush in Alaska. Forced to shed the comforts of civilization, he reverts to more primitive instincts and emerges as the leader of the pack. White Fang, published before Call of the Wild, is the companion novel about a wild wolf dog who is adopted by a human and eventually domesticated.

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White Fang is the story of a wild dog's journey toward becoming civilized in the Canadian territory of Yukon during the Klondike gold rush at the end of the nineteenth century. White Fang is a companion novel (and a thematic mirror) to Jack London's best-known work, The Call of the Wild, which concerns a kidnapped civilized dog turning into a wild wolf. The book is characteristic of London's precise prose style and his innovative...

Quando viene sottratto alla sua tranquilla vita californiana e venduto a un trafficante a di cani da slitta, le giornate soleggiate di Buck si trasformano in una tempesta di neve. Niente sarà pi come prima. Ora deve imparare a stare al sicuro in un mondo pieno di pericoli nascosti, che lo minacciano a ogni passo che fa. Ora la sua vita ruota attorno alla corsa all'oro del Klondike nell'Alaska glaciale, dove il freddo, la neve e torrenti impetuosi...