The Call of the Wild, White Fang, and Other Stories

The Call of the Wild, White Fang, and Other Stories (Twentieth-Century Classics)

A bold mix of realism, allegory, adventure, and progressive politics, this collection features Jack Londonâ€™s most profound and moving literary works
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The Call of the Wild, Londonâ€™s elemental masterpiece about a dog learning to survive in the wilderness, sees pampered pet Buck snatched from his home and set to work as a sled-dog during the Klondike Gold Rush. White Fang, set in the frozen tundra and boreal forests of Canadaâ€™s Yukon territory, is the story of a wolf-dog hybrid struggling to survive in a human society every bit as brutal as the natural world. This volume of Londonâ€™s famed Northland novels also includes an early feminist story â€œThe Night-Born,â€ and a pro-labor story â€œSouth of the Slot.â€ These works echo and enrich the themes of The Call of the Wild and White Fang with their unique emphases on the primordial, the instinctual, and the quest for social justice. Londonâ€™s narratives in this volume focus on issues of continuing relevance to contemporary readers, including the value of the wilderness, animal rights, socioeconomic oppression, and gender inequity. This edition also includes an introduction by preeminent London scholar, Earle Labor, as well as a comprehensive biographical note on London's life and works by scholar and executive coordinator of the Jack London Society, Kenneth K. Brandt.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Country USA
Brand Penguin Classics
Manufacturer Penguin Classics
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 14135585
Model 14135585
Color Black
ReleaseDate 1993-08-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780140186512

Country	USA
Brand	Penguin Classics
Manufacturer	Penguin Classics
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	14135585
Model	14135585
Color	Black
ReleaseDate	1993-08-01
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780140186512

The Call of the Wild, White Fang, and Other Stories (Twentieth-Century Classics)

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