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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)
2. Their Alcove (1900) A man watches all the letters and mementos of the woman he had loved burn in his fireplace as he muses over the impact that their break-up has made on his life, and tries to (...)
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THE 151 JACK LONDON STORIES ON THIS SITE
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"Make Westing" and other stories by Jack London
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"The Pearls of Parlay" and other stories by Jack London
8 December 2020, by Jack LondonTABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Pluck and Pertinacity (1899) In the words of the author: “The true story of a man who practically achieved the impossible in his hazardous ice-journey in the dead of the Arctic winter. Happily, success crowned the effort.” (1,450 words).
2. The Scorn of Women (1901) Floyd Vanderlip has at last struck it very rich on Bonanza Creek in the Klondike and has sent funds for his young sweetheart down south to come up to Dawson for a wedding. But in the meantime the star (...) -
More of Jack London’s best Far North stories
21 May 2020, by Jack LondonTABLE OF CONTENTS
1. The Wife of a King (1899) A prospector has left his half-Indian wife to join the flood of gold-seekers in Dawson, and when he fails to return word comes back about his dallying with a casino dancer, the plucky wife sets off for Dawson in the thick of winter to see for herself what is going on. She is taken in hand by several old hands who prepare her for a surprise confrontation with the erring husband at the city’s annual masked ball. (5,700 words).
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"The White Man’s Way" and other Klondike stories by Jack London
24 April 2019, by Jack London1. To the Man on the Trail (1899) - a group of gold miners are preparing punch for the celebration of Christmas Eve when an exhausted but heavily-armed stranger enters their cabin (3,100 words).
2. Uri Bram’s God (1900) - a gambler fleeing from a frenzied mob after he has slain a man in a casino is offered shelter in a hidden corner of a shack by a stranger who has followed him during his flight (5,800 words).
3. Siwash (1901) - a very high-spirited girl-prospector berates a couple of (...) -
"Before Adam" - a prehistoric adventure novella (1906) by Jack London
28 January 2019, by Jack LondonThe narrator is a prehistoric youth who recounts his adventures in the middle Pleistocene era long before our time, when he and his tribe had to coexist and fight against not only ferocious carnivorous animals such as wild dogs, great boars, hyenas, and especially sabre-tooth tigers, but also primitive Tree-People who hated his kind and and especially the newly-emerged Fire-People, who had not only mastered fire but also speech (unlike his own people who did not yet have proper language) (...)
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Jack London’s boxing stories
20 January 2019, by Jack LondonJack London wrote only four stories about boxing, but when he did they were winners!
Not only do these stories get you inside the minds and hearts of the fighters and of their entourages — managers, promoters, betters and (bloodthirsty) spectators — more intensely and grippingly and insightfully than, well, just about anyone else has ever done, but they are all penetrated with a sense of something higher and of great significance, in particular the vital sociological significance of food (...) -
"The Cruise of the Dazzler" - an adventure novella by Jack London (1902)
10 January 2019, by Jack LondonA story about a restless boy living in a wealthy area of San Francisco who just can’t concentrate on his studies and has only one thought in mind - to run away from this boring way of life at home and school to lead the exciting and adventurous outdoor life of a sailor. Which he actually does quite early on in the story, after getting zero in all his exams, and he does in fact have a very exciting time at first learning about seafaring and then about the unending dangers awaiting sailing (...)
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"The Sunlanders" and other stories of the Far North by Jack London
1 January 2019, by Jack LondonTwelve stories of adventure and drama in the harsh climate of the Far North, mostly in the Klondike region of northwestern Canada, where immense gold resources were discovered in 1897.
An e-book is available for downloading below. TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. A Daughter of the Aurora (1899) Two prospectors engage in an epic hundred-mile dog-sled race to file a claim on a gold-rich stake and, above all, to win the promised hand of a very vivacious young woman (3,300 words).
2. A Northland (...) -
"By the Turtles of Tasman" and other stories by Jack London
28 November 2018, by Jack LondonA selection of tales by the author of Lost Face, The Hobo and the Fairy, The Heathen, A Piece of Steak and so many other masterful stories.
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1. The Plague Ship (1897) – on a grossly-overcrowded passenger ship, a deadly epidemic of yellow fever breaks out that decimates passengers, officers and crewmen alike – so severely that mutineers take over the officer-less ship and uncontrolled violence breaks out, leaving the surviving passengers to drift aimlessly around the (...) -
"The Call of the Wild" by Jack London (1903)
24 November 2018, by Jack LondonJack London’s masterpiece The Call of the Wild was an instantaneous world-wide success the minute it was published in 1903, selling over a million copies in the first year and a phenomenal, unheard-of 6 million copies overall in just a few years, making him the best-known contemporary writer in the world at the time.
It has remained one of the most-read works of American literature ever since.
The author, who had been earning his living writing stories for newspapers and magazines (...)