The Call of the Wild - Couverture souple

London, Jack

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 9386538016 ISBN 13 : 9789386538017

Editeur : Fingerprint! Publishing, 2017

Synopsis

There is a patience of the wilddogged, tireless, persistent as life itselfthat holds motionless for endless hours the spider in its web, the snake in its coils, the panther in its ambuscade; this patience belongs peculiarly to life when it hunts its living food; and it belonged to Buck as he clung to the flank of the herd . . . Stolen from his home in Santa Clara Valley, California, Bucka powerful St. Bernard-Scotch Shepherd who is the pampered pet of Judge Milleris kidnapped, sold, and shipped to Canada where he is trained as a sled dog. Ill-treated and subjected to extreme conditions under various cruel masters, Buck struggles and turns into a wild beast. Will Buck survive the harsh conditions and answer the call of the wild? Set against the backdrop of the Klondike Gold Rush, Jack Londons The Call of the Wild is a classic work of animal fiction. An example of American pastoralism, the book was an immediate success after its first publication. One of his most well-received works, it has never gone out of print.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Born John Griffith Chaney in San Francisco, California, on 12 January 1876, Jack London was brought up in a working-class family. He self-educated himself and began working at the age of thirteen. He worked in a cannery, a jute mill, pirated oysters, worked aboard a sealing sailing ship, and became a hobo. Drawing on his own experiences during the Gold Rush days, The Call of the Wild was written in Piedmont, California. His other famous works include White Fang (1906), The Sea-Wolf (1904), and John Barleycorn (1913). A successful novelist, journalist, and social activist, London died 1916 aged forty. He continues to remembered for his celebrated novel, The Call of the Wild.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Fingerprint! Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9386538016
• ISBN 13: 9789386538017
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 136
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible