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La Peste Écarlate est ce qu’on pourrait appeler un roman post-historique. L’auteur imagine qu’un immense fléau, une maladie mystérieuse, contre laquelle la science est demeurée impuissante, a dépeupl

This American classic is the gripping story of Buck, half St Bernard, half sheepdog, who is stolen from his comfortable Californian home and taken to the Klondike in the gold rush as a sled dog. Unputdownable and deeply moving, this story was written by Jack London after he worked in the gold rush in 1897. London was born in San Francisco, and he grew up on the waterfront in Oakland. Much of his youth was spent on the wrong side of the law.

Before Adam is Jack Londons fictional tour de force. In it, he brilliantly recreates the dawn of humanity, depicting the prehistoric world as a place of dark conflict where only the strongest will survive. Tormented by a succession of terrifying dreams, the narrator is faced with the strange truth that his consciousness has become intertwined with that of Big Tooth, his Mid-Pleistocene ancestor. Through these dream memories, he witnesses Big Tooths life - a life as one of the Folk race, without developed language, social structure or fire. He sees, too, the Folks fierce battles for survival against the more advanced Fire People, and the primitive Tree People. As he struggles to make sense of Big Tooths world, he begins questioning the very notion of eugenics, making Before Adam one of the most pertinent works of its time.

The Call of the Wild is a novel by Jack London. The story is set in the Yukon during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rusha period when strong sled dogs were in high demand. The novels central character is a dog named Buck, a domesticated dog living at a ranch in the Santa Clara valley of California as the story opens. Stolen from his home and sold into the brutal existence of an Alaskan sled dog, he reverts to atavistic traits. Buck is forced to adjust to, and survive, cruel treatments and fight to dominate other dogs in a harsh climate. Eventually he sheds the veneer of civilization, relying on primordial instincts and lessons he learns, to emerge as a leader in the wild.

QUESTO LIBRO È A LAYOUT FISSO.Rapito e condotto tra i ghiacci del Klondike, allepoca della febbre dellora, Buck viene picchiato e costretto a divenire un cane da traino, sperimentando i molteplici volti dellanimo umano: meschinita e grandezza, cupidigia e altruismo, aggressivita e affetto.Nelle molteplici esperienze apprende la fatica e lorgoglio dei cani da slitta e si trova piu volte costretto a lottare per sopravvivere, finche la lezione del bastone e della zanna fa riaffiorare in lui lancestrale istinto selvaggio. Sfruttato troppo duramente dai suoi ultimi padroni, Buck viene salvato da John Thornton, con il quale ritrova lamore per luomo.Ma il richiamo della foresta e della natura si fa dentro di lui sempre piu irresistibile.Gli sterminati spazi del Nord, la legge inflessibile della sopravvivenza che accomuna esseri umani e animali, la tesa ricerca di amore e liberta questi i temi che London propone in questo breve, ma appassionante romanzo.Jack London, pseudonimo di John Griffith Chaney London, (San Francisco, 12 gennaio 1876 22 novembre 1916), e stato uno scrittore statunitense, noto soprattutto per i romanzi Zanna Bianca e il Richiamo della foresta, basati sulla sua esperienza come cercatore doro.

Buck es un perro que lleva una buena vida en un rancho de California con su amo, el juez Miller, hasta que lo roban y lo venden para pagar una deuda de juego. Buck es llevado entonces a Alaska y allí lo venden a un par de canadienses de habla francesa, a los que impresiona su fisico y buen estado. Lo entrenan como perro de trineo y rapidamente aprende a sobrevivir en las noches frias de invierno y en la sociedad de la jauria observando a sus compañeros. Despues es vendido y cambia de mano varias veces, mejorando sus cualidades como perro de trineo y lider de la manada. Jack London paso casi un año en el Yukon (Canada) recogiendo material para el libro. La historia fue publicada por entregas en el Saturday Evening Post en el verano de 1903 y fue publicado un mes despues en forma de libro.

El conflicto entre el capitán Woodward y el tabernero Charles Roberts es el de la visión colonial versus una noción más humanista de la expansión europea por la Micronesia y la Melanesia. "Si el hombre blanco se esforzara un poco por entender como funciona la mente del hombre negro, se podrian evitar la mayoria de los problemas", asegura Roberts, de mente mas abierta y liberal. London, el racista, modificaba algunas de sus concepciones. En el viaje que hace entre 1907 y 1909 a bordo del Snark por Hawaii, las Islas Marquesas, Tahiti, Fidji, las Islas Salomon, las Nuevas Hebridas y Australia, su concepto de la superioridad anglosajona se modifica. Esta en desacuerdo con la forma como el hombre blanco ha sometido a la fuerza a los nativos, esclavizandolos o despojandolos de sus tierras. Hay una especie de crisis de conciencia que lo lleva a escribir historias donde muestra su simpatia hacia ciertos personajes, como el hawaiano Koolau, y donde da cuenta de la mano dura de los anglosajones. "Colonizar el mundo. Alguien tiene que hacerlo", parece ser la unica consigna, no importando los medios para lograrlo. El relato es ambivalente: por un lado, la destreza de Saxtorph para hacerle frente a una horda de salvajes la historia que cuenta el capitan Woodward, y, por el otro, la velada certidumbre de que el inevitable hombre blanco es igual o peor de salvaje que los nativos.

Hace alusión a cierta estirpe de hombres que también arribaron a los Mares del Sur, no con el propósito de encontrar fortuna mediante el comercio de perlas o de negros, sino para promover sus ideas religiosas. "Ustedes estan interesados en ganar dinero y yo en salvar almas", como afirma John Starhurst, el protagonista, un misionero que intenta convertir al cristianismo a nativos caracterizados por su propension al canibalismo. Se emparenta con otra narracion por el estilo, "El idolo rojo", donde un naturalista blanco se enfrenta a los deseos de un reductor de cabezas que quiere convertirlo en lotu y hacerle kaikai, es decir, matarlo y comerlo. Al igual que en esta historia, en "El diente de ballena" se narra la creciente tension entre las creencias de uno y otro bando. El dialogo que se establece entre Starhurst y Mongondro acerca del origen del mundo es sintomatico de esta tension, que al final se resolvera con una lucha perdida de antemano entre las armas que utiliza el misionero, la Verdad y la Justicia, y la maza de guerra que empuña el Buli de Gatoka.

La llamada de lo salvaje (1903) es una de las primeras grandes novelas de Jack London. En ella, el autor revela su fe en el evolucionismo biológico y en la omnipotencia del ambiente. El libro transmite vida: esta vivo el perro Buck, estan vivos los dema

Colmillo Blanco es un cachorro de lobo que vive en plena naturaleza, hasta que unos hombres lo capturan y deciden adiestrarlo. Él los admira como si fueran dioses, a pesar de que le muestran la cara mas cruel de los humanos. Afortunadamente, cuando Colmillo Blanco esta a punto de morir en un pelea de perros, su ultimo amo le ofrece otra cara mas digna de los humanos.

Hay escritores que se fundan desde abajo, alejados de los salones literarios y las academias, de esos lugares donde colocan una alfombra roja para guiar el talento en ciernes, que se forjan por una pulsion contra un destino que no les esperaba en el parn

A classic tale of adventure at sea, The Sea-Wolf tells the story of the naive young Humphrey van Weyden, whose ship is wrecked in a terrible storm. He is rescued by the mysterious Captain Wolf Larsen of the ship Ghost. Humphreys new life aboard Ghost will test him to the limits of his endurance but also bring him the greatest happiness he has ever known. Captain Wolf Larsen is a powerful, brutal man with a razor sharp intelligence. When there is an attempted mutiny on board he shows no mercy to the would-be mutineers, and when his brother Death Larsen attempts to take over the Ghost by force, there is no love lost between them in their vicious battle. Wolfs cruel manner is thrown into sharp relief by the gentle spirit of the beautiful poetess also rescued, Maud Brewster, who charms both Wolf and Humphrey. As Humphrey falls in love with Maud, he must contend not only with the dangers of being at sea but with competition from his cruel and scheming captain. The Sea-Wolf is a dramatic tale of mutiny and shipwreck, but at its heart is the story of a love that flourishes in the unlikeliest of places. Jack Londons thrilling narrative of the seven seas remains just as gripping today as it was a hundred years ago.

Edición actualizada del clásico de Jack London. Buck, un imponente San Bernardo, es robado de manos de su dueño, el potentado Juez Miller, en California, y llevado a Alaska, donde servirá como perro de trineo durante la carrera del oro del Yukon.

Martin Eden is a semi-autobiographical tale from Jack London, following Martin Eden a destitute sailor with dreams of rising above poverty to become a best-selling author. Only by achieving financial and literary success can he hope to rise above his proletariat life and have a chance to marry Ruth Morse, the daughter of a wealthy San Francisco family. Through intense and passionate self-education similar to Londons own experience, he will do whatever it takes to succeed. This passionate, and heart breaking tale is a critique by London on individualism as well as an expression of frustration felt by authors to the cold indifference of the publishing industry. It is a beautiful story with a stunning conclusion and makes brilliant reading for any Jack London fans looking for an insight in to his own life.

A tale of literal and proverbial gold diggers.Not the incel manifesto you might expect, "Scorn of Women" is one of Jack Londons rare attempts at playwriting, being a three-act adaptation of his short story of the same name. It is available in Londons 1901 collection "The God of His Fathers".Floyd Vanderlip has made it big in the Klondike Gold Rush and has, in unrelated news, caught the eye of the local womenfolk. Promiscuous dancers, married women and Floyds actual fiancee all want the lip treatment and so he becomes spolied for choice on the ladies front.A comedy of class, manners and manipulation, "Scorn of Women" takes the reader to the golden age of Yukon Territory, Canada (1896-1899) where London ever the socialist, brings together all layers of society under one roof in the hunt for that noblest of metals. And while it has been long excavated, nobody will leave the ball with their hands clean.

Move over, Karl Marx, because the latest incarnation of Super Socialist Hero of the Working Class, Jack London, is here to pick up the Red Torch of Revolution and smite the evils of capitalism in a flurry of CRASH!, BANG! and KAPOWs! and this is his manifesto slash origin story. Picking up a work titled "Revolution" by an author with strong political leanings is often (deservedly) met with an eye-roll and a "Here we go...", but while this collection of 12 essays and short stories is indeed intended as a vehicle for Londons political views one story even being about a man with the literal power to transform the world into a socialist Utopia, it also explores other, somewhat peculiar, topics.What would the perfect houseboat look like? What if animals could reason? How are Chinese people different from Japanese people? (yes, if this was an old Disney movie there would be a notice in the beginning)These are just some of the thoughts Jack London *also* had while writing this book, so consider it a deep dive into his mind and maybe take some of the ideas with a pinch of salt.

Toda la obra de London tiene un marcado contenido autobiográfico, que se acentúa en el texto que ahora presentamos. Si el hombre London está siempre presente en los personajes aventureros del escritor London, podriamos decir que en Marin Eden el autor se vacia y se entrega por entero a sus lectores. Se trata pues de una novela apasionada y tragica, en la mejor tradicion de la novela americana, la novela del hombre que se hace a si mismo y tambien a si mismo se destruye.