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Novela en la que Jack London (1876-1916) ideó un imaginativo marco para el relato de aventuras y dio rienda suelta a sus convicciones en el terreno de los valores y las creencias, ASESINATOS, S. L. es una obra cuya trama y personajes rebosan originalidad y vigor. Si el eje en torno al cual gira la accion es el de una agencia dedicada a eliminar a los enemigos de la sociedad, el jefe de la misma y protagonista, Dragomiloff, es tanto la encarnacion ideal del propio London la persona en que se aunan pensamientos y accion y la fuerza fisica se conjuga con una inteligencia superior, como un trasunto humano de la figura alegorica del lobo que, tras un periodo de domesticidad, vuelve a la libertad del bosque.

"The Iron Heel", american classic written by Jack London in 1908, is considered one of the earliest novels of modern Dystopian Fiction, which would lead to works later known as Soft Science Fiction. Jack London, a socialist himself, portrays America under tyrannical rule, the terrible oppression of an American oligarchy at the beginning of the Twentieth Century, and the struggles of a socialist revolutionary movement. London describes the fall of the United States to the cruel fascist dictatorship of the Iron Heel, a group of monopoly capitalists. Fearing the popularity of socialism, the plutocrats of the Iron Heel conspire to eliminate democracy and, with their secret police and military, terrorise the citizenry. They instigate a German attack on Hawaii on Dec. 4, 1912; as socialist revolutions topple capitalist governments around the world, the Iron Heel has 52 socialist members of the U.S. Congress imprisoned for treason..."The Iron Heel" is based on Avis Everhards fictional "Everhard Manuscript" and was written by London as a womans first person narrative, not a common writing style at the time.

Trad., Mari Luz Ponce Hernández. En un momento de grandes dificultades económicas, Jack London decide abandonar la esclavitud que representaba para él un trabajo fijo con un mísero sueldo y empieza a recorrer miles de kilometros de ferrocarril aferrado a las plataformas de los trenes. En esa nueva vida de riesgo y vagabundeo, mendiga comida de puerta en puerta hasta que finalmente es detenido y, con solo 18 años, es llevado a prision, donde vive una serie de experiencias que lo marcan de por vida. A la salida de la carcel, vuelve al camino de las vias y trata de contactar con un grupo de unos dos mil hombres sin trabajo que se dirigen en ferrocarril a Washington para manifestarse por la precariedad laboral y la crisis. A medida que pasa el tiempo, la marcha de protesta se va convirtiendo en una peregrinacion desesperada por encontrar alimentos y agua, y tras la desilusion y el descontento generalizados se acaba disolviendo. Estas vivencias van siendo reflejadas por el joven London en un diario personal que mas tarde se convertira en la base de El camino, una de las obras mas singulares de su trayectoria narrativa.

Questo e lultimo romanzo pubblicato in vita da Jack London. Ancora una volta, come in altri testi londoniani, il tema centrale e la ricerca di una vita in armonia con la natura. La storia, che si svolge in una fattoria americana, narra il triangolo amoroso tra il rancher Dick Forrest, sua moglie Paula ed Evan Graham. Ma a spiccare e soprattutto la figura di Paula, ritratto a tutto tondo di una donna libera ed emancipata.

"El lobo de mar" es una novela de aventuras con marcado carácter psicológico escrita en 1904 por el escritor estadounidense Jack London. Su primera edición de cuarenta mil copias se agotó antes incluso de ponerse a la venta por el efecto que habia causado su anterior obra: "Colmillo Blanco".Este clasico de la literatura norteamericana y una de las mejores novelas de aventuras de todos los tiempos, dramatiza el fortuito encuentro entre dos personajes que representan visiones opuestas de la condicion humana. Humphrey van Weyden es un joven intelectual, refinado e idealista que, tras naufragar a bordo de un ferry en aguas del pacifico, es rescatado por un barco dedicado a la caza de focas y capitaneado por Wolf Larsen, el prototipo de "lobo de mar", cruel, despiadado y sin escrupulos. Sometido a su tiranica autoridad, el joven descubrira la dureza y la impiedad de un mundo primitivo que sin embargo le ayudara a consumar su aprendizaje moral.

"The Sea-Wolf", published in 1904, is a psychological adventure novel by Jack London and one of his best-known works. This highly popular novel combines elements of naturalism and romantic adventure."The Sea-Wolf" narrates the story of Humphrey van Weyden, a literary critic. The story starts with him aboard a San Francisco ferry, called Martinez, which collides with another ship in the fog and sinks. He is set adrift in the Bay, eventually being picked up by Wolf Larsen. Larsen is the captain of a seal-hunting schooner, the Ghost. Brutal and cynical, yet also highly intelligent and intellectual, he rules over his ship and terrorises the crew with the aid of his exceptionally great physical strength.

The People of the Abyss is a classic work about poverty and recounts the time the author spent in London. Jack London (1876-1916), at his peak, was the most popular of all living writers. Born in San Francisco, he became a political activist and socialist at an early age. Written after posing as an American sailor stranded in the East End of London during 1902 - sleeping in doss houses, living with the destitute and starving - this is perhaps Jack London''s most important work. As well as being a literary masterpiece, The People of the Abyss stands as a major sociological study. While other American writers were blindly celebrating the glories of the British Empire at its peak, Jack London was asking why such misery was to be found in the heart of a capital city of immense wealth. This is a work of reportage rather than propaganda - London lets his observations speak for themselves. Published to coincide with the centenary of his visit to the East End, this important book is an incredible precursor to the writings of George Orwell, and remains a standard-bearer critique of capitalism, as powerful today as it was then.This edition includes a new introduction that contextualises London''s social writings and shows their contemporary relevance.

Buck, a sturdy crossbreed canine (half St. Bernard, half Shepard), is a dog born to luxury and raised in a sheltered Californian home. But then he is kidnapped and sold to be a sled dog in the harsh and frozen Yukon Territory. Passed from master to master, Buck embarks on an extraordinary journey, proving his unbreakable spirit...

It was the end. Subienkow had travelled a long trail of bitterness and horror, homing like a dove for the capitals of Europe, and here, farther away than ever, in Russian America, the trail ceased. He sat in the snow, arms tied behind him, waiting the torture. He stared curiously before him at a huge Cossack, prone in the snow, moaning in his pain. The men had finished handling the giant and turned him over to the women. That they exceeded the fiendishness of the men, the mans cries attested.

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