London: 1942 books

Jack London - Öyküler Ciltli: Sayfa Sayısı: 173 Baskı Yılı: 2016 e-Kitap: Sayfa Sayısı: 79 Baskı Yılı: 2016 Dili: Türkçe Yayınevi: Epsilon Yayınları

Asıl adı John Griffith Chaney olan Jack London, 12 Ocak 1876’da San Francisco’da doğdu. Çocukluğunu anne ve baba sevgisinden mahrum geçirdi. Babası tarafından terk edildikten sonra, California’daki Oakland’da, annesinin ve London soyadını aldığı üvey babasının yanında yetişti....

London liked to experiment with diverse subject matter and literary techniques, often with mixed results. In this collection, originally published in 1906, he is successful on all counts. These eight stories are well-crafted, vividly descriptive, and suspenseful. A few of the stories explore the psychology...

As a young man in the summer of 1897, Jack London joined the Klondike gold rush. From that seminal experience emerged these gripping, inimitable wilderness tales, which have endured as some of London’s best and most defining work. With remarkable insight and unflinching realism, London describes the...

The Snark had two masts and was 43 feet long at the waterline, and on it London claims to have spent thirty thousand dollars. The snark was primarily a sailboat, however, it also had an auxiliary 70-horsepower engine. It was further equipped with one lifeboat.In 1906, Author Jack London began to...

A Daughter of the Snows (1902) is Jack London's first novel. Set in the Yukon, it tells the story of Frona Welse, "a Stanford graduate and physical Valkyrie" who takes to the trail after upsetting her wealthy father's community by her forthright manner and befriending the town's prostitute. She is...

Martin Eden, Jack London’ın başyapıtı sayabileceğimiz ve büyük oranda otobiyografik izler taşıyan unutulmaz romanlarından biridir. Keskin sınıfsal bilinci, güçlü kalemi ve devrimci sanatıyla Jack London, burjuva gerçekliği karşısında sınıf atlamak isteyen genç bir yazarın...

O Chamado Selvagem, no original "The call of the wild" é um daqueles livros que uma vez lido, nunca mais se esquece. Publicado no formato de folhetim em 1903, deu fama mundial a Jack London e é um dos mais conhecidos romances da literatura norte-americana, estando sempre presente nas listas...

Jack London schildert in "König Alkohol" offen und wirklichkeitsnah seinen Weg zum Alkoholiker. Das Werk ist eine in Romanform verfasst Autobiographie. Phasenweise widersteht Jack London der Macht von "König Alkohol", der die Herrschaft über sein Leben übernommen hat, um wenig später umso schlimmere Rückfälle zu erleiden. Jack London starb mit nur 40 Jahren.

The Unparalleled Invasion is a rare political anticipation short story written by Jack London and first published in McClure's in July 1910 and later in the book The Strength of the Strong (New York, Macmillan, 1914). The story begins in 1910s China. Under the influence of Japan, China modernizes...

Le Loup des mers (Edition Intégrale - Version Entièrement Illustrée) * Inclus une courte biographie de Jack London  Descriptif : Dès sa parution en 1904 Le Loup des mers fut reconnu comme un chef-d'oeuvre... un chef-d'oeuvre du "roman d'aventures". Ce qui consterna London - lequel...

Jack London (1876 – 1916) führte ein Leben voller Höhen und Tiefen. Bevor er sich der Schriftstellerei widmete, war er Fabrikarbeiter, Matrose, und Goldschürfer in Alaska. In seinen Romanen und Erzählungen verarbeitete er seine zahlreichen Abenteuer und seine Eindrücke aus der Welt der Literatur....

"The Red One" is a short story by Jack London. It was first published in the October 1918 issue of The Cosmopolitan, two years after London's death. The story was reprinted in the same year by MacMillan, in a collection of London's stories of the same name.

The Abysmal Brute by Jack London. Fictional story of professional boxing. Before anyone knew there was such a thing, Jack London gave us the natural: Young Pat Glendon has never drunk alcohol nor tasted tobacco. He loves nature, is afraid of cities, and is shy of women. And he is a perfect...