Jack London: 1138 books

Pocos relatos resumen con tanta perfección el mundo aventurero y salvaje de Jack London como Encender una hoguera. Escrito originalmente en 1902 para una revista dirigida al público juvenil, su autor lo pulió y modificó hasta ofrecer su versión definitiva en 1910. Esta historia de un hombre y...

Esta colección nos trae nueve relatos que tienen lugar en los Mares del Sur y nos permite asomarnos a un modo de vida ya extinto, a sus tribus caníbales y los exploradores y negreros que surcaban esas aguas. No hay aquí lugar para ensoñaciones sobre el paraíso perdido o el buen salvaje. Aquí...

The 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 narrator develops as a strong character, rather as in The Sea-Wolf. It also includes some strong white-racist views which were part of London's complex world-view.

Martin Eden è un romanzo dello scrittore statunitense Jack London pubblicato in un primo tempo a puntate nella rivista Pacific Monthlydal settembre 1908 al settembre del 1909 e successivamente pubblicato come libro dalla The Macmillan Company nel settembre 1909. Racconta la difficile...

Welcome to the 3 Books To Know series, our idea is to help readers learn about fascinating topics through three essential and relevant books. These carefully selected works can be fiction, non-fiction, historical documents or even biographies. We will always select for you three great...

Boxmanager Sam Stubener nimmt dem talentierten jungen Boxer Pat Glendon unter Vertrag, Sohn der Boxlegende Old Pat Glendon. Sorsam schirmt er den naiven Jungen vor den harten und unsauberen Methoden des Büxgeschäft ab, während er selbst schmutzige Spielchen mit den Kämpfen seines Schützlings...

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...

A Son of the Sun is a 1912 novel by Jack London. It is set in the South Pacific at the beginning of the 20th century and consists of eight separate stories. David Grief is a forty-year-old English adventurer who came to the South seas years ago and became rich. As a businessman he owns offices in...

A modern repackaging of the classic tale about an unbreakable spirit and the fight for survival. 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...

Altro grande successo di Jack London, pubblicato inizialmente a puntate tra l'autunno e la primavera del 1906, 'Zanna Bianca' è anche uno dei grandi classici della letteratura per ragazza della produzione letteraria americana novecentesca. Anche qui, come ne 'Il richiamo della foresta', l'azione...

"Quando io e voi, addormentati o assopiti, cadiamo attraverso lo spazio e torniamo in noi con una sensazione di batticuore, proprio nell'attimo immediatamente prima di fracassarci le ossa al suolo, non facciamo che ricordarci di quel che avvenne ai nostri antenati arboricoli e che si è impresso,...

John Griffith "Jack" London (born John Griffith Chaney, January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916) was an American author, journalist, and social activist. He was a pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction and was one of the first fiction writers to obtain worldwide...

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by CLASSIC COLLECTION 600.*** Synopsis: Entertaining, atmospheric, and action-filled--yet difficult to obtain until now--the eight short stories in Jack London’s A Son of the Sun center on the thrilling exploits of Captain David Grief in...

This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading.  Abduction at sea, a domineering captain, a mutinous crew, and a daring escape make Jack London’s The Sea Wolf thrilling seafaring literature.  In the novel, Humphrey Van Weyden, the cultured but frail literary critic,...