"Londonâs style is typically lush but his viewpoint is skeptical and dystopian..the story reminds us of the dangers we still court with our careless ways."-The Times
The Mutiny of the Elsinore By Jack LondonThe Mutiny of the Elsinore is a novel by the American writer Jack London first published in 1914. After death of the captain, the crew of a ship split between the two senior surviving mates. During the conflict,...
The Call of the Wild follows the life of a dog named Buck. The story opens when Buck is stolen from his home in California and sold into service as a sled dog in Alaska. He becomes progressively feral in the harsh environment, where he is forced to fight...
From hard-edged adventures in the Klondike territory to harrowing experiences on the South Seas, Jack Londonâs three most popular novels form the basis of this collection. Popular short stories round out this beautiful leather-bound volu...
White Fang is an allegorical adventure story about a part wolf, part dog who is born in the violent, harsh environment of the Canadian Yukon territory. The novel begins with two men attempting to bring a corpse back to civilization as they are followed...
2020 Reprint of the 1907 Edition. The Iron Heel is generally considered to be an early example of the modern dystopian fiction genre, The novel chronicles the rise of an oligarchic tyranny in the United States. Jack London's socialist views are explicitly...
Jack London, fue un escritor estadounidense, nacido en San Francisco, California. Esencialmente se autoeducó, proceso que llevó a cabo en la biblioteca pública de la ciudad leyendo libros. Agobiado por problemas económicos,...
The year is 2073. An uncontrollable disease, the Scarlet Plague, has wiped out most of the worldâs people six decades earlier. The cities are destroyed. An old man, James Howard Smith, wanders the depopulated land with his three grandson...
John Griffith London (born John Griffith Chaney; January 12, 1876 November 22, 1916) was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist. A pioneer in the world of commercial magazine fiction, he was one of the first writers to become a worldwide...
John Griffith London (born John Griffith Chaney; January 12, 1876 November 22, 1916) was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist. A pioneer in the world of commercial magazine fiction, he was one of the first writers to become a worldwide...
Drei Pest-Klassiker in einem Band Die Scharlachpest: Jack London schildert in seiner grandiosen dystopischen Novelle den Verlauf einer grausamen Pestseuche, die zu Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts nahezu die gesamte Menschheit auslöscht. Sprachgew...
Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises , the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material onlin...