Jack London: 1138 books

London’s socialist temperament leaps from the pages in this 1908 dystopian novel which begins by alerting the reader that the two main characters will, by the end of the story, be executed. In this portrait of the future, the U.S. is ruled by the Brotherhood of Man, an Oligarchy, and revolts amongst the squashed are imminent.  

The great transmigration novel inspired by the experiences of an ex-prisoner's acount of coping with "the Jacket," a form of torture at San Quentin. London was a lifelong supporter of humane prison practices.

Set in the Yukon, in the midst of the Klondike gold rush, this 1900 collection is based on London's own experiences there. The stories feature the Malemute Kid, a force for justice in a lawless and savage land.  Here are tales of desperate gamblers, of stalwart women, of deaths along the trail, of prospectors in search of the big strike.

Extrait :  Quelque part dans l’État de Nevada, il existe une femme à qui j’ai menti sans vergogne pendant deux heures d’affilée.  Je ne cherche point ici à faire mes excuses, loin de là ! Je désire seulement m’expliquer. Hélas, je...

Extrait : Alors qu’ils descendaient le long de la berge en boitant douloureusement, l’homme qui marchait le premier chancela soudain parmi les rochers. Tous deux étaient fatigués et faibles ; leurs visages contractés avaient cette expression de patience que donnent les privations...

Alors qu’ils descendaient le long de la berge en boitant douloureusement, l’homme qui marchait le premier chancela soudain parmi les rochers. Tous deux étaient fatigués et faibles ; leurs visages contractés avaient cette expression de patience que donnent les privations longtemps...

Toute cette histoire remonte à un jour d’élections. Par un brûlant après-midi californien, j’étais descendu à cheval dans la Vallée de la Lune, de mon ranch au petit village, pour voter toute une série de réformes qu’on voulait apporter...

Musaicum Books presents to you this unique collection, designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Content: H. P. Lovecraft: The Dunwich Horror. From Beyond… Washington Irving: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Rip Van Winkle The Spectre Bridegroom...

e-artnow presents to you this unique Halloween collection with horror thrillers, supernatural mysteries, monster tales and gothic novels carefully picked out to strike the fear and chills into your bones as …the winter is coming: H. P. Lovecraft: The Dunwich Horror The Shunned House From Beyond...

The story takes place in 2072, sixty years after the scarlet plague has depopulated the planet. James Howard Smith is one of the few people left alive in the San Francisco area, and as he realizes his time grows short, he tries to impart the value of knowledge and wisdom to his grandsons. American society...

Set in the Canadian North, White Fang is told from the point of view of a young wolf as he struggles to survive in a harsh world.

Esta historia tiene como protagonista a un perro llamado Buck que en el otoño de 1894, cuando el descubrimiento de los yacimientos auríferos de Klondike arrastra hacia los hielos de Alaska a hombres de todas partes del globo, Buck es productivamente vendido y enviado al Norte. Sin ser ya acariciado...

It was the she-wolf who had first caught the sound of men’s voices and the whining of the sled-dogs; and it was the she-wolf who was first to spring away from the cornered man in his circle of dying flame. The pack had been loath to forego the kill it had hunted down, and it lingered for several...