The Call of the Wild, White Fang, and Other Stories

Fülszöveg

The Penguin American Library
JACK LONDON
The cover shows a detail from a painting by Rockwell Kent entitled The Trapper. 1921. Oil on canvas. 34 x 44 inches. From the collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art. The photograph of Jack London inside the front cover was taken in 1905 on Mt. Desert Island, Maine, by Charmian Kittredge London and is from the Jack London Collection at the Huntington Library in Pasadena, California.
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THE CALL OF THE WILD,
WHITE FANG, AND OTHER STORIES
EDITED BY ANDREW SINCLAIR INTRODUCTION BY JAMES DICKEY
When Jack London died in 1916 at the age of forty, he had written more than fifty books and had lived the lives of sailor, desperado, socialist, adventurer, and acclaimed author. He was the archetype of the Amer- M,
lean hero who tried to live what he wrote. This volume j'
includes the best of London's famed northern stories, I'M J
which have captured the mystery, violence, and beauty |
of the Far North for generations of... Tovább

Fülszöveg

The Penguin American Library
JACK LONDON
The cover shows a detail from a painting by Rockwell Kent entitled The Trapper. 1921. Oil on canvas. 34 x 44 inches. From the collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art. The photograph of Jack London inside the front cover was taken in 1905 on Mt. Desert Island, Maine, by Charmian Kittredge London and is from the Jack London Collection at the Huntington Library in Pasadena, California.
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THE CALL OF THE WILD,
WHITE FANG, AND OTHER STORIES
EDITED BY ANDREW SINCLAIR INTRODUCTION BY JAMES DICKEY
When Jack London died in 1916 at the age of forty, he had written more than fifty books and had lived the lives of sailor, desperado, socialist, adventurer, and acclaimed author. He was the archetype of the Amer- M,
lean hero who tried to live what he wrote. This volume j'
includes the best of London's famed northern stories, I'M J
which have captured the mystery, violence, and beauty |
of the Far North for generations of readers. The Call '
of the Wild, London's masterpiece about a dog learn-ing to survive in the wilderness, is his first great work J-/
and is responsible for establishing his reputation as a f t
writer. Also included here are "Bâtard," "Love of | i
Life," and White Fang, generally considered the companion piece to The Call of the Wild. James Dickey's introduction 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 and works. Vissza