Jack London

A vadon szava Jack London amerikai író 1903-ban kiadott egyik legnépszerűbb regénye. A történet a XIX. században, a klondike-i aranyláz idején játszódik, amikor rendkívüli kereslete volt az erős szánhúzó kutyáknak. Buck, a 140 fontos, vastag bundájú gyönyörű kutya, Miller bíróék hatalmas birtokán királyként éli …

The Sea-Wolf is a 1904 psychological adventure novel by American novelist Jack London about a literary critic, survivor of an ocean collision, who comes under the dominance of Wolf Larsen, the powerful and amoral sea captain who rescues him. Its first printing of forty thousand copies was immediately sold out before …

Jack London was one of the first writers to write for fictional magazines. He was also one of the first American writers to earn a living just from his writing. Martin Eden is a writer who resembles London. When Eden sent a manuscript off in the mail he thought there was no human editor at the other end. There must be …

The Iron Heel is a dystopian novel by American writer Jack London, first published in 1908. Generally considered to be "the earliest of the modern Dystopian", it chronicles the rise of an oligarchic tyranny in the United States. It is arguably the novel in which Jack London's socialist views are most explicitly on …

A vadon szava Jack London amerikai író 1903-ban kiadott egyik legnépszerűbb regénye. A történet a XIX. században, a klondike-i aranyláz idején játszódik, amikor rendkívüli kereslete volt az erős szánhúzó kutyáknak. Buck, a 140 fontos, vastag bundájú gyönyörű kutya, Miller bíróék hatalmas birtokán királyként éli …

Before Adam is a novel by Jack London, serialized in 1906 and 1907 in Everybody's Magazine. It is the story of a boy who dreams he lives the life of an early hominid Australopithecine. The story offers an early view of human evolution. The majority of the story is told through the eyes of the boy's hominid alter ego, …

The Assassination Bureau, Ltd is a thriller novel, begun by Jack London and finished after his death by Robert L. Fish. It was published in 1963. The plot follows Ivan Dragomiloff, who, in a twist of fate, finds himself pitted against the secret assassination agency he founded. The novel was based on a story idea …

South Sea Tales (1911) is a collection of short stories written by Jack London. Most stories are set in island communities, like those of Hawaii, or are set aboard a ship.

The Road is an autobiographical memoir by Jack London, first published in 1907. It is London's account of his experiences as a hobo in the 1890s, during the worst economic depression the United States had experienced up to that time. He describes his experiences hopping freight trains, "holding down" a train when the …