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Six Novels
Jack London wrote as vividly about rugged adventurers grappling with forces of nature as he did about solitary individuals coming to terms with their ideals and ambitions. This volume collects six unforgettable novels - The Call of the Wild, The Sea-Wolf, White Fang, Martin Eden, The Valley of the Moon, and The Star Rover - in which London explores the ideas and emotions that dramatically shape human behavior.
Jack London's tales betray a mythic imagination, infused with flashes of idealism. The novels in this literary omnibus abound with power and grace and with the high drama and intellectual depth that were the hallmarks of his writing.
Jack London: Six Novels is part of Barnes & Noble's Library of Essential Writers. Each title in the series presents the finest works - complete and unabridged - from one of the greatest writers in literature in magnificent, elegantly designed hard-back editions. Every volume also includes an original introduction that provides the reader with enlightening information on the writer's life and works.
Jack London's tales betray a mythic imagination, infused with flashes of idealism. The novels in this literary omnibus abound with power and grace and with the high drama and intellectual depth that were the hallmarks of his writing.
Jack London: Six Novels is part of Barnes & Noble's Library of Essential Writers. Each title in the series presents the finest works - complete and unabridged - from one of the greatest writers in literature in magnificent, elegantly designed hard-back editions. Every volume also includes an original introduction that provides the reader with enlightening information on the writer's life and works.
- GenresClassicsLiterature
1038 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2006
About the author
Jack London
8,055 books7,874 followersJohn 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 White Fang, both set in Alaska and the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush, as well as the short stories "To Build a Fire", "An Odyssey of the North", and "Love of Life". He also wrote about the South Pacific in stories such as "The Pearls of Parlay" and "The Heathen".
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 White Fang, both set in Alaska and the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush, as well as the short stories "To Build a Fire", "An Odyssey of the North", and "Love of Life". He also wrote about the South Pacific in stories such as "The Pearls of Parlay" and "The Heathen".
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