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Novelist, journalist, and social activist Jack London (1876–1916) rose from abject poverty to international fame as the bestselling, highest-paid, and most popular author of his era. London created a substantial body of work in his short life, drawing upon a diverse array of experiences that ranged from cannery worker and railroad hobo to sailor and prospector. Stories of hardship amid the wilderness and on the open sea typify London's works, and...
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Jack London (San Francisco, 1876 - California, 1916), es uno de los autores norteamericanos del siglo xix que ha gozado de mayor difusión y popularidad fuera de las fronteras de su país. Su obra, integrada en la corriente naturalista, muestra una preferencia por situar la acción en parajes lejanos e inexplorados, donde las condiciones de supervivencia resultan extremadamente difíciles para el hombre civilizado, y toca temas propios de la sociedad...
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Born into poverty, Jack London led a knockabout existence before achieving success as one of the most popular authors of his era. In the course of his brief but active life, he sought adventure-as a hobo, prospector, sailor, and a dozen other occupations-along with self-education from the works of Marx, Darwin, Nietzsche, and Jung. The vitality and variety of London's experiences are reflected in his stories, which range from earthy accounts of survival...
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John Griffith London was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and American magazines, he was one of the first American authors to become an international celebrity and earn a large fortune from writing. He was also an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction.
His most famous works include The Call of the Wild and White Fang, both set in the Klondike Gold Rush, as well...
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Extrait: "De chaque cté du fleuve glacé, l'immense forêt de sapins s'allongeait, sombre et comme menaçante. Les arbres, débarrassés par un vent récent de leur blanc manteau de givre, semblaient s'accouder les uns sur les autres, noirs et fatidiques dans le jour qui pâlissait."
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First published in 1903, "The Kempton-Wace Letters" is a novel co-written by Jack London and Anna Strunsky. Published anonymously, it constitutes a profound discourse on the philosophy of love and sex, presented as a series of letters between a young scientist and an elderly poet.
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