Name: The Call of the Wild (in English)
Price: 4.73 USD
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Author: Click Americana ; London, Jack
ISBN: 9780989390958

portada The Call of the Wild (in English)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Jack London

Click Americana

Publisher

Synchronista LLC

Language

English

Pages

106

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.3 x 12.7 x 0.6 cm

Weight

0.12 kg.

ISBN13

9780989390958

Synopsis "The Call of the Wild (in English)"

Jack London's first major work, "The Call of the Wild," changed both the face of literature and the fortunes of a young author. A tale of transformation - a domestic dog being forced by circumstance to revert to his wild state - instantly earned him great acclaim from readers and reviewers alike. Upon the book's release in 1903, noted literary critic and essayist Hamilton Wright Mabie wrote that the new little book about of a pet stolen from a comfortable home and forced to become a sled dog in the icy North was "likely to make a deep impression by reason of its power and unusual theme." As the narrative plucked heartstrings around the globe, London's work - which he gave to Macmillan Publishers for $2000 - immediately sold out its first print run, and has remained in bookstores ever since. If you've read it before, you already know what first-time readers will soon discover: "The Call of the Wild" is a story that stands the test of time. Along with the complete text, this special edition of the book contains most of the illustrations that appeared when it was originally published, as well as a selection of a dozen popular quotes, vintage book reviews from more than a century ago, bonus images, and a related short story London wrote a few years earlier - just after he returned from the frigid Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush. Taken together, the text, images and extra historical features within these pages offer greater depth to this influential story, as well as additional insight into the mind of the writer himself.

Jack London

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Jack London (1876-1916), seudónimo de John Griffith Chaney, es uno de los grandes escritores estadounidenses de los albores del siglo XX. Su mundo se inspira en una interpretación muy subjetiva de la filosofía de Nietzsche y se construye a partir del principio de lucha por la supervivencia. Nacido en San Francisco, fue esencialmente un niño autodidacta que leía con avidez los fondos de la biblioteca pública. Con diecisiete años se embarcó en su primera goleta, rumbo a Japón. Tras varias experiencias como marinero y vagabundo -razón por la que también fue encarcelado-, London acudió a la Oakland High School y, posteriormente, a la Universidad de California, que tuvo que abandonar por problemas económicos. Como muchos, sufrió la fiebre del oro hasta que, finalmente, se dedicó a la escritura.

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