Abenteurer des Schienenstranges
Jack London berichtet über seine Zeit als Tramp nach der Wirtschaftskrise gegen Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts. Man lernt die Gefahren und Strapazen des Lebens als Landstreicher kennen. Von zentraler Bedeutung ist dabei das Reisen als Hobo per Bahn auf einer Blindplattform oder unter dem Zug. Der Autor geht aber auch auf „General“ Kellys Armee und auf einen Gefängnisaufenthalt ein.
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The Game
On the eve of their wedding, twenty-year-old Jack Fleming arranges a secret ringside seat for his sweetheart to view her only rival: the "game." Through Genevieve's apprehensive eyes, we watch the prizefight that pits her fair young lover, "the Pride of West Oakland," against the savage and brutish John Ponta and that reveals as much about her own nature, and Joe's, as it does about the force that drives the two men in their violent, fateful encounter. Responding to a review that took him to task for his realism, Jack London wrote, "I have had these experiences and it was out of these experiences, plus a fairly intimate knowledge of prize-fighting in general, that I wrote The Game." With this intimate realism, London took boxing out of the realm of disreputable topics and set it on a respectable literary course that extends from A. J. Liebling to Ernest Hemingway to Joyce Carol Oates. The familiarity of London's boxing writing testifies to its profound influence on later literary commentators on the sport, while the story The Game tells remains one of the most powerful and evocative portraits ever given of prizefighters in the grip of their passion.
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The Star Rover
The great transmigration novel inspired by the experiences of an ex-prisoner's acount of coping with "the Jacket," a form of torture at San Quentin. London was a lifelong supporter of humane prison practices.
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Before Adam
A young man in modern America is terrorized by visions of an earlier, primitive life. Across the enormous chasm of thousands of centuries, his consciousness has become entwined with that of Big-Tooth, an ancestor living at the dawn of humanity. Big-Tooth makes his home in Pleistocene Africa, a ferocious, fascinating younger world torn by incessant conflict between early humans and protohumans. Before Adam is a remarkable and provocative tale that thrust evolution further into the public spotlight in the early twentieth century and has since become a milestone of speculative fiction. The brilliance of the book lies not only in its telling but also in its imaginative projection of a mindset for early humans. Capitalizing on his recognized ability to understand animals, Jack London paints an arresting and dark portrait of how our distant ancestors thought about themselves and their world.
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White Fang
An initiation story concerning the taming of a wild dog in the Klondike.
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Dutch Courage and Other Stories
A collection of very early stories published posthumously, with a preface by his wife Charmian.
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Lost Face
Lost Face was written in the year 1910 by Jack London. This book is one of the most popular novels of Jack London, and has been translated into several other languages around the world.This book is published by Booklassic which brings young readers closer to classic literature globally.
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A beszélő kutya
Az író ennek a regénynek a helyszínét déltengeri utazásaiból merítette, cselekménye a Salamon-szigeteken játszódik és Jeromos, a skót terrier történetét mondja el, amint gazdái váltakoznak: Haggin úr, az ültetvényes, aki „négerfogásra” tanítja; Van Horn, az Arangi nevű hajó kapitánya; Basha, az okos és kegyetlen néger törzsfőnök; Nalasu, a vak néger, aki már-már az emberi nyelvet megközelítő árnyalt jelbeszédre tanítja; és végül Kennan, a gazdag, fehér világjáró. Az éneklő kutya című regénye Jeromos testvérének, Mihálynak a történetéről számol be. Akárcsak az első kutyaregénye A vadon szava, ezek a történetek is valójában az emberre, a társadalomra vetnek oldalról fényt, hiszen a kutyaszereplők természetét és sorsát az emberi gonoszság és szeretet, kapzsiság és jóság alakítja.
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Michael, Brother of Jerry
This story of brutality toward animals inspired a movement known as the Jack London Clubs, which were devoted to the cause of animal welfare and humane treatment.
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A Vaspata
1917 őszén forradalom tör ki a világ egyik nagyvárosában – Chicagóban. Ekkorra képzelte el Jack London az amerikai „mélység népének” kaotikus lázadását. 1908-ban, A Vaspata megjelenésének idején az író nem tudhatta, hogy még ezt az elképzelt, közeli jövőt sem éri meg, de biztos volt benne, hogy a 2600-as évek már az Emberi Testvériség Korszakának időszámítása szerint telnek – regényének elképzelt könyvkiadói onnan néznek majd vissza Amerika elitjének egykori hirtelen gazdagságára és tömegeinek iszonyatos nyomorára.
Az annak idején jobbról-balról botrányt kavaró regényben minden együtt van, ami az írót jellemzi: gazdag életismeret, fantázia, zabolázhatatlan szolidaritás és hőskultusz.
A Kossuth Kiadó 15 kötetben jelenteti meg az életmű legjavát, megtoldva a sorozatot Irving Stone káprázatos Jack London-életrajzával.
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Tales of the Fish Patrol
Stories set on the San Francisco Bay of London's youth, including "A Raid on the Oyster Pirates."
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The God of his Fathers & Other Stories
The God of his Fathers & Other Stories was written in the year 1901 by Jack London. This book is one of the most popular novels of Jack London, and has been translated into several other languages around the world.This book is published by Booklassic which brings young readers closer to classic literature globally.
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The Little Lady of the Big House
A triangle romance provides the basis for a questioning of the meaning of masculinity, as well as an examination of agribusiness in California.Jack London said of this novel: "It is all sex from start to finish -- in which no sexual adventure is actually achieved or comes within a million miles of being achieved, and in which, nevertheless, is all the guts of sex, coupled with strength."
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Tulák po hvězdách
Darrell Standing byl nespravedlivě obviněn, že zabil svého profesora, a odsouzen na doživotí. Po konfliktu s dozorcem ho zavřou na sto dní do samovazby. Zažívá mučení a trýznění. Aby utrpení unikl, nechá Darrell své tělo zdánlivě umřít, zato duše dostane volnost a putuje za dobrodružstvím. Kniha byla inspirována pravdivým případem.
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The Call of the Wild (EN)
Audiobook The Call of the Wild written by Jack London. Buck, a happy, quiet dog living in sunny California, is kidnapped and sent north to begin a new hard life as a sled dog during the Klondike Gold Rush. Read about his adventures and the many problems he has to face in this new cruel world. Discover how he begins to change and how he responds to the Call of the Wild.
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David Copperfield (EN)
David Copperfield looks back on the first twenty-five years of his life. He is only eight years old when his mother, a young pretty widow, remarries. Unfortunately Mr Murdstone is not a good husband or father. David is sent away to school and only returns home when tragedy strikes. Unloved and unwanted, he is sent to work in a factory. But David is a resourceful boy and determines to find a better life for himself.
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