2. A selection of Jack London stories

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• "A Klondike Wooing" and other stories of the Far North by Jack London

  4 March by Jack London

  More tales of adventure, drama, skulduggery and comedy during the great Klondike Gold Rush in 1897-98 around Dawson City in Canada’s Northwest Territories. e-books are available for downloading below. TABLE OF CONTENTS
  1. THE TEST: A KLONDIKE WOOING (1898) Lucky Jack has struck it rich in the (...)

• "A Klondike Christmas" and other stories of the Far North, by Jack London

  13 December 2021 by Jack London

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  1. A KLONDIKE CHRISTMAS (1898) Two brothers are writing home at Christmas describing their life on a mining claim in the Yukon, but are somewhat embarrassed to have to reveal that all they have for Xmas dinner is the miners’ standard fare of beans, bread and bacon. But then (...)

• The Science-fiction stories of Jack London

  4 November 2021 by Jack London

  Jack London was a major precursor in the domain of science-fiction, with these remarkably innovative tales centered on the potential of science for good or (especially) evil that were as far as we have been able to determine the very first science-fiction stories ever published in the US of A – (...)

• "In the Time of Prince Charley" and other stories by Jack London

  2 October 2021 by Jack London

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  1. IN THE TIME OF PRINCE CHARLEY (1899) After the decisive Battle of Culloden in 1746 that put an end to Scottish dreams of independance a British officer escorts the captured Prince Charlie through the highlands to a rendezvous with a ship, but opposition from fierce (...)

• "Make Westing" and other stories by Jack London

  16 January 2021 by Jack London

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  1. The Misogynist (1897) A confirmed bachelor wakes up one morning to find that all females have suddenly disappeared and the world is now a purely masculine one! Things start rapidly going to pot as everyone, including our hero, desperately tries to survive. (8,600 words) (...)