Jack London novels and novellas

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• The Abysmal Brute (1913) - a boxing novella by Jack London

  20 January by Jack London

  The narrator of this story-with-a-message — that boxing is a corrupt business — is an (apparently) honest boxing manager who has been introduced to a phenomenally talented 22-year-old young giant whose father, a former boxing champion, has been training him intensively in their hideout n the (...)

• "The Cruise of the Dazzler" (1902) - an adventure novella by Jack London

  10 January by Jack London

  A 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 (...)

• "Martin Eden" (1909) by Jack London

  10 December 2018 by Jack London

  This is about a rough, uneducated, young 20-year-old sailor and ex-gang-leader with a lot of drive and years of sailing all over the high seas behind him getting introduced to high society after having rescued the son of a wealthy family from a street brawl.
  He rapidly develops strong ideas (...)

• "The Iron Heel" (1907) - Jack London’s radical statement of faith in the future of socialism

  26 November 2018 by Jack London

  The Iron Heel is Jack London’s militant declaration of faith in the final victory of socialism - of the purist variety - over the iniquitous system of capitalism that was an absolute scandal and anathema to him.
  The term “socialist” in 21st-century English is a quite inadequate term to convey the (...)

• "The Call of the Wild" (1903) by Jack London - the full text with e-books

  24 November 2018 by Jack London

  Jack 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.
  It has remained one of the most-read works of American literature ever since.
  The author, who had been earning his living (...)