Jack London

EDITION INTEGRALE EXCEPTIONNELLE Plongez dans la lecture d'un des plus grands chefs-d'oeuvre de la litt rature Am ricaine dans une tr s belle dition broch e. L'aventure de Croc Blanc, d'abord publi e en 1906, se d roule dans les d serts gel s et d sol s du nord-ouest Canadien. Croc-Blanc, mi-chien mi-loup se trouve le seul survivant d'une port e de cinq. Dans son monde de solitude, il a vite appris suivre la dure loi du nord - manger ou tre mang - et devenir une cr ature f roce et magnifique. Mais rien dans sa jeune vie ne l'a pr par la cruaut du tyran Beauty Smith, qui ach te Croc-Blanc son ma tre indien et le transforme en b te de combat. Une grande partie du roman est crite du point de vue de Croc-Blanc - travers ses exp riences, l'auteur fait un subtil parall le entre la vie sauvage parmi les animaux et le monde violent de l'homme. Jack London (1876-1916), tait un auteur, journaliste et militant social Am ricain. Ce chef-d'oeuvre, qui se d roule au cours de la ru e vers l'or des ann es 1890, est bas sur les exp riences de l'auteur comme prospecteur d'or dans les terres sauvages Canadiennes. Ce roman sublime et captivant est un incontournable de la litt rature classique et ravira les lecteurs de tous ges. Retrouvez dans la m me collection, une autre aventure sauvage dans le grand nord de Jack London, dit e par Atlantic Editions: L'appel de la for t

EDITION INTEGRALE EXCEPTIONNELLE Plongez dans la lecture de deux des plus grands chefs-d'oeuvre de la litt rature Am ricaine dans une tr s belle dition broch e. D'abord publi en 1903, L'Appel de la for t est un conte sur l'esprit indomptable et la lutte pour l'existence. Le personnage central est un chien robuste domestiqu de race crois e nomm Buck, n dans le luxe et lev dans une famille Californienne. Vol son domicile et vendu comme chien de tra neau en Alaska, il revient l' tat sauvage. Buck est oblig de se battre pour dominer les autres chiens dans un climat rigoureux. Pass de ma tre en ma tre, Buck se lance dans un voyage extraordinaire. L'aventure de Croc Blanc, d'abord publi e en 1906, se d roule dans les d serts gel s et d sol s du nord-ouest Canadien. Croc-Blanc, mi-chien mi-loup se trouve le seul survivant d'une port e de cinq. Dans son monde de solitude, il a vite appris suivre la dure loi du nord - manger ou tre mang - et devenir une cr ature f roce et magnifique. Mais rien dans sa jeune vie ne l'a pr par la cruaut du tyran Beauty Smith, qui ach te Croc-Blanc son ma tre indien et le transforme en b te de combat. Une grande partie du roman est crite du point de vue de Croc-Blanc - travers ses exp riences, l'auteur fait un subtil parall le entre la vie sauvage parmi les animaux et le monde violent de l'homme. Jack London (1876-1916), tait un auteur, journaliste et militant social Am ricain. Ces deux chefs-d'oeuvre, qui se d roulent au cours de la ru e vers l'or des ann es 1890, sont bas s sur les exp riences de l'auteur comme un prospecteur d'or dans les terres sauvages Canadiennes. Ces romans sublimes et captivants sont des incontournables de la litt rature classique et raviront les lecteurs de tous ges.

EDITION INTEGRALE EXCEPTIONNELLE Plongez dans la lecture d'un des plus grands chefs-d'oeuvre de la litt rature Am ricaine dans une tr s belle dition broch e. D'abord publi en 1903, L'Appel de la for t est un conte sur l'esprit indomptable et la lutte pour l'existence. Le personnage central est un chien robuste domestiqu de race crois e nomm Buck, n dans le luxe et lev dans une famille Californienne. Vol son domicile et vendu comme chien de tra neau en Alaska, il revient l' tat sauvage. Buck est oblig de se battre pour dominer les autres chiens dans un climat rigoureux. Pass de ma tre en ma tre, Buck se lance dans un voyage extraordinaire. Jack London (1876-1916), tait un auteur, journaliste et militant social Am ricain. Ce chef-d'oeuvre, qui se d roule au cours de la ru e vers l'or des ann es 1890, est bas sur les exp riences de l'auteur comme prospecteur d'or dans les terres sauvages Canadiennes. Ce roman sublime et captivant est un incontournable de la litt rature classique et ravira les lecteurs de tous ges. Retrouvez dans la m me collection, une autre aventure sauvage dans le grand nord de Jack London, dit e par Atlantic Editions: Croc Blanc

The Cruise of the Dazzler is an early novel by Jack London, set in his home city of San Francisco. It is considered a boy's adventure novel. In the novel, Joe Bronson, dissatisfied with his dull life at school, runs away and joins the crew of a sloop he sees in San Francisco Bay. He finds the captain is involved in criminal activities. The nautical activities on board a sailing boat are authentically described, and there are convincing descriptions of boats enduring stormy weather at sea. London, in his autobiographical novel John Barleycorn, describes how in his youth he bought a sloop called the Razzle Dazzle from an oyster pirate called French Frank. In The Cruise of the Dazzler, the captain of the Dazzler is known as French Pete, who, like French Frank, drinks to the success of business ventures. London himself became an oyster pirate. Joe Bronson, instead of studying for a school exam, goes out kite-flying with his school friends; on their way back he gets involved in fights with gang members in a poor part of the city. After he fails the exam the next day, he walks out of school and takes a ferry across the bay to Oakland. Looking at the boats on the wharf, he imagines the exciting life on a boat. His father, a businessman, has a liberal attitude to his son; but, critical of his recent behavior and poor school report, tells him that he might send him to a military academy. Joe later leaves a farewell note for his family; returning to Oakland, he joins the crew of a sloop, the Dazzler. The captain Pete Le Maire is known as "French Pete," and the one other crew member is 'Frisco Kid, a boy of about Joe's age. He soon realizes that French Pete is involved in criminal activity. They take scrap iron from a factory; the job is abandoned when shots are fired. Later, they work as oyster pirates. Joe, not wanting to be involved in crime, tries to escape, but each time is thwarted. French Pete tolerates Joe's opinion of him that he is a criminal. 'Frisco Kid tells Joe that he hates his life at sea; he had no family, and once worked for Red Nelson on another sloop, the Reindeer, but ran away. Arrested as a tramp, he was sent to a "boy's refuge," where conditions were intolerable; he escaped and joined French Pete. Joe resolves to leave and take 'Frisco Kid with him. French Pete and his associate Red Nelson steal a safe. Joe sees that it belongs to his father's company. The Dazzler and Reindeer sail into the Pacific, pursued for a time by a yacht; they intend to sail to Mexico. There is soon a storm and the Dazzler's mast breaks. The Reindeer gets close enough for French Pete to jump onto it but, before the boys can follow, the Reindeer disappears under the waves.

"The Red One" is a short story by Jack London. It was first published in the October 1918 issue of The Cosmopolitan, two years after London's death. The story was reprinted in the same year by MacMillan, in a collection of London's stories of the same name. The story is told from the perspective of a scientist called Bassett, who is on an expedition in the jungle of Guadalcanal to collect butterflies. The "Red One" of the title refers to a giant red sphere, of apparently extraterrestrial origin, that the headhunting natives worship as their god and to which they perform human sacrifices. Bassett becomes obsessed with the Red One and in the end is sacrificed himself. The story is told from the perspective of a scientist called Bassett, who is on an expedition in the jungle of Guadalcanal to collect butterflies. The "Red One" of the title refers to a giant red sphere, of apparently extraterrestrial origin, that the headhunting natives worship as their god and to which they perform human sacrifices. Bassett becomes obsessed with the Red One and in the end is sacrificed himself. The story's theme was suggested to London by his friend George Sterling: a message is sent from an alien civilization but is lost in the wilderness. There are parallels to Joseph Conrad's short novel Heart of Darkness. Critics have noted the possible influence of Carl Jung on the story, as London became aware of Jung's ideas at around the time of writing "The Red One" in 1916. The story makes an enigmatic reference to helmeted figures, perhaps the Red One's alien crew. Here, London may have anticipated the ancient astronauts of science fiction and pseudoscience.

EXCEPTIONAL UNABRIDGED EDITION Read the greatest novels by Jack London in a beautifully presented edition. First published in 1903, The Call of the Wild is a tale about unbreakable spirit and the struggle for existence. The central character is a domesticated sturdy cross breed canine named Buck, born to luxury and raised in a sheltered Californian home. Stolen from his home and sold into service as sled dog in Alaska, he reverts to a wild state. Buck is forced to fight in order to dominate other dogs in a harsh climate. Passed from master to master, Buck embarks on an extraordinary journey. "White Fang" story, first published in 1906, takes place in the desolate, frozen wilds of northwest Canada. White Fang, a part dog, part wolf cub finds himself the sole survivor of a litter of five. In his lonely world, he soon learned to follow the harsh law of the North - kill or be killed - and become a ferocious and magnificent creature. But nothing in his young life prepared him for the cruelty of the bully Beauty Smith, who buys White Fang from his Indian master and turns him into a vicious killer - a pit dog forced to fight for money. Much of the novel is written from the viewpoint White Fang, through whose experiences the author makes a parallel between the wilderness life among animals and the violent world of humans. Jack London (1876-1916), was an American author, journalist, and social activist. These two masterpieces, set during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush, are based on the author's experiences as a gold prospector in the Canadian wilderness. Their great popularity and success made a reputation for Jack London. These enthralling adventures are must-read of American classic literature and will delight readers of all ages.

The Call of the Wild Jack London (1876

The Abysmal Brute is a boxing fiction classic by Jack London that tells a breezy tale showing the crookedness of the methods of prize-ring managers specially in fleecing the prize-ring public in betting. The hero is a successful young giant who has been trained by his father in the mountains, and who thinks the game is played square until enlightened by a young woman reporter. Then follows a whirlwind wooing, exposing of the frauds and retirement. In 1910, when the story was written, London had become a famous writer but he was worried that he had exhausted his ideas. The Abysmal Brute was based on one of several plot outlines he bought from Sinclair Lewis, an admirer of London who was at the beginning of his career. 2] Other stories by Jack London about boxing are his novel The Game, published in 1905, his short story "A Piece of Steak" of 1909, and his short story "The Mexican" of 1911 Sam Stubener, a boxing manager in San Francisco, travels to a remote log cabin in northern California on getting a letter from retired boxer Pat Glendon, who lives there with his son, Pat Glendon Jr, a promising young boxer. Pat Jr fights well; otherwise, he knows little of city life; he hunts and fishes in the forest, he reads poetry and avoids women. Sam brings Pat Jr back to San Francisco. Although Sam and Pat both know he could win a fight with a top boxer, the conventions of boxing require that Pat has to start with a boxer of lower rank. In his first three fights, he knocks out his opponent immediately with one punch. Sam tells Pat to make his fights last longer; since Pat says that he is master of his opponent "at any inch or second of the fight", they agree on which round the knockout will happen. Pat's career takes off, winning fights worldwide. The newspapers, who interpret his detachment from the real world as unsociability, call him "The Abysmal Brute." Sam protects him from the corruption in boxing. Pat is not aware that Sam is using his knowledge of the timing of the knockout in a betting syndicate. Pat is interviewed by Maud Sangster, a journalist from a family of millionaires, at the Cliff House, San Francisco. They immediately fall in love. Maud tells him she has heard in which round he will knock out his opponent in his next fight, and Pat wonders how his agreement with Sam became known. He tells her the knockout will be in a later round; this is to be a secret. When his opponent is knocked out in the round originally agreed with Sam, Maud is angry with Pat. He tells her his opponent faked the knockout; he is beginning to realize the corruption in the game, and says he is quitting boxing, although Sam has arranged a fight against top boxer Tom Cannam.