The Call of the Wild
Author: Jack London
First published in 1903, The Call of the Wild is regarded as Jack London’s masterpiece. Based on London’s experiences as a gold prospector in the Canadian wilderness and his ideas about nature and the struggle for existence, The Call of the Wild is a tale about unbreakable spirit and the fight for survival in the frozen Alaskan Klondike…..Read More
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Martin Eden
The semiautobiographical Martin Eden is the most vital and original character Jack London ever created. Set in San Francisco, this is the story of Martin Eden, an impoverished seaman who… Continue Reading Posted in: 1900 1945 Texts, American Writers, Autobiographical Fiction, Bildungsromans, Classic Coming of Age Fiction, Literary Satire Fiction
Moving On
With a riotously colorful cast of highbrows, cowpokes, and rodeo queens, in its wry humor, tenderness, and epic panorama, Moving On is a celebration of our land by Larry McMurtry,… Continue Reading Posted in: Book Collectors, Domestic Fiction, Literary Sagas, Psychological Fiction, Texas
The Sea-Wolf
The Sea-Wolf is a 1904 psychological adventure novel by Jack London about a literary critic Humphrey van Weyden.The story starts with him aboard a San Francisco ferry, called Martinez, which… Continue Reading Posted in: 1876 1916. American Fiction. Texts, Classic Action & Adventure, Gold Discoveries, Hebrew Fiction, Jack, London, Sea Adventures Fiction
To Build a Fire
"To Build a Fire" is one of Jack London's most beloved short stories. A heartbreaking tale set in the vast wintry landscape of the North, it endures as one of… Continue Reading Posted in: American, Children's Short Story Collections, Dogs, Short Stories
The Iron Heel
A dystopian novel about the terrible oppressions of an American oligarchy at the beginning of the Twentieth Century, and the struggles of a socialist revolutionary movement. Continue Reading Posted in: Bibliography, Classic Literature & Fiction, Fiction, Utopias
Treasure Island
"One more step, Mr. Hands, and I'll blow your brains out! Dead men don't bite, you know.Originally conceived as a story for boys, Stevenson's novel is narrated by the teenage… Continue Reading Posted in: Adventure And Adventurers, Bibliography, Children's Stories, Sea Stories, Victorian Literary Criticism
Kidnapped
This edition looks at the Scottish identity through the text of Stevenson's classic. The duality of Scottish life - the mercantile, respectable Lowland Scot, as represented by David Balfour, and… Continue Reading Posted in: $0.99 Classics, 1745 1746, Children's Stories, Historical Fiction, Jacobite Rebellion
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories
In The Sketch-Book (1820-21), Irving explores the uneasy relationship of an American writer to English literary traditions. In two sketches, he experiments with tales transplanted from Europe, thereby creating the… Continue Reading Posted in: Bibliography, History, Journeys
A Little Princess
As a young girl Sara Crewe is brought over from India by her father to join a girls' seminary in London. Her greatest joy is to 'pretend' things to make… Continue Reading Posted in: Great Britain, Juvenile Fiction, Social Life And Customs
Shane
A stranger rode out of the heart of the great glowing West, into the small Wyoming valley in the summer of 1889. It was Shane, who appeared on the horizon… Continue Reading Posted in: English Language, Readers, Short Stories In English, Teen & Young Adult 19th Century United States Historical Fiction, Teen & Young Adult Boys & Men Fiction
Black Beauty
Black Beauty spends his youth in a loving home, surrounded by friends and cared for by his owners. But when circumstances change, he learns that not all humans are so… Continue Reading Posted in: 1820 1878, Anna, Children's Horse Books, Great Britain, Sewell, Social History
Heidi
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