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I wish I’d read this when I was ten or eleven. A great adventure story masterfully told. Jack London is writing for adults though so the roller-coaster life of a lionhearted wolf keeps one interest. London raised a few interesting questions, such as if White Fang is typical of how Darwin was being interpreted in 1900, with a Christian twist.

After reading 25% I feel Native Son is one of the darkest books I’ve ever read. Similar in ways to Crime and Punishment, but Richard Wright and Dostoevsky have vastly different world views. I wonder if there can be any redemption in the world Wright created, and if it would ring true if he did.