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by Jack London (Author)
Jack London's novels flow effortlessly and the storylines are captivating. This volume brings together seven of Jack London's most popular novels: The Call of the Wild - the story of the dog Buck who is taken away from his domestic life and forced to work in brutal conditions. White Fang - the story of a prospector and his fiercely protective wolf-dog. The Scarlet Plague - In this most memorable dystopian novel the year is 2072, and the world has been depopulated due to a plague in the year 2013. Professor Smith attempts to pass on his wealth of knowledge to his grandsons who have only ever known savage anarchy. The Sea-Wolf - Wolf Larsen is a fierce and strong captain, an atheist who believes that to care for anyone other than oneself is against the survival instinct. He rescues Humphrey Van Weyden, an intellectual who believes in the afterlife, and so their journey both philosophical and across the seas begins. The Iron Heel - a dystopian novel about the political changes and terrible oppression at the beginning of the Twentieth Century, and the struggles of a socialist revolutionary movement. George Orwell commented that the prophecies of this book turned out to be more true than either The Shape of Things To Come or Brave New World. It is remarkably prophetic. Martin Eden - a semi-autobiographical story telling of an impoverished fisherman dreams of acquiring an education and literary fame. The Valley of the Moon - written a hundred years ago a couple escape the cruel labouring the the working class endure and journey geographically and spiritually through northern California and Southern Oregon to find their American Dream...the valley of the moon.
