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Jack London


Born
in San Francisco, California, The United States
January 12, 1876

Died
November 22, 1916

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John Griffith Chaney, better known as Jack London, was an American novelist, journalist and 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.

London was part of the radical literary group "The Crowd" in San Francisco and a passionate advocate of animal rights, workers’ rights and socialism. London wrote several works dealing with these topics, such as his dystopian novel The Iron Heel, his non-fiction exposé The People of the Abyss, War of the Classes, and Before Adam.

His most famous works include The Call of the Wild and Wh
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Average rating: 4.0 · 1,057,989 ratings · 47,782 reviews · 7,709 distinct worksSimilar authors
The Call of the Wild

3.92 avg rating — 472,615 ratings — published 1903 — 42 editions
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White Fang

4.03 avg rating — 207,234 ratings — published 1906 — 219 editions
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The Call of the Wild / Whit...

4.12 avg rating — 78,056 ratings — published 1903 — 261 editions
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Martin Eden

4.48 avg rating — 54,823 ratings — published 1909 — 1993 editions
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The Sea Wolf

4.06 avg rating — 33,530 ratings — published 1904 — 2571 editions
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To Build a Fire

3.99 avg rating — 26,793 ratings — published 1902 — 185 editions
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The Call of the Wild, White...

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4.05 avg rating — 22,770 ratings — published 1903 — 60 editions
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The Scarlet Plague

3.75 avg rating — 14,473 ratings — published 1912 — 1781 editions
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The Iron Heel

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3.77 avg rating — 12,409 ratings — published 1908 — 4 editions
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The Star Rover

4.18 avg rating — 10,854 ratings — published 1914 — 1527 editions
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Quotes by Jack London  (?)
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“You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.”
Jack London

“I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.”
Jack London

“I'd rather sing one wild song and burst my heart with it, than live a thousand years watching my digestion and being afraid of the wet.”
Jack London, The Turtles of Tasman

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July 2024 Old School Classics Poll

 
  51 votes, 28.3%

 
  40 votes, 22.2%

 
  33 votes, 18.3%

 
  26 votes, 14.4%

Klondike Tales by Jack London, 1901, 304 pages
 
  15 votes, 8.3%

The Black Sheep by Honoré de Balzac, 1842, 339 pages
 
  8 votes, 4.4%

 
  7 votes, 3.9%

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