Jack London

Colmillo Blanco, de Jack London, es una fascinante historia de supervivencia y transformación ambientada en la dura naturaleza del territorio del Yukón durante la fiebre del oro del Klondike. La historia sigue el viaje de un salvaje híbrido entre lobo y perro llamado Colmillo Blanco, que aprende a enfrentarse a las brutales realidades de la naturaleza y de la civilización humana. Nacido en la naturaleza, los primeros años de vida de Colmillo...

From the author of the classic novel Call of the Wild, Jack London's Smoke Bellew features a vivacious depiction of a gold rush adventure. Christopher Bellew, more commonly known as Kit, lives a comfortable life in San Francisco. He writes daily for a paper and his inherited wealth promises to keep him well-off for a long while. Still, Kit cannot help but feel complacent. As a young man, he has not completely figured out what he really wants in life....

La peste escarlata, escrita por Jack London en 1912, es una novela postapocalíptica que explora un mundo devastado por una plaga mortal. Ambientada en el año 2073, la obra sigue a los pocos sobrevivientes de la humanidad, quienes, después de una catástrofe global causada por la "peste escarlata", viven en un estado primitivo. A través de los ojos del anciano James Smith, uno de los pocos que recuerda el mundo antes de la plaga, London reflexiona...

An ancestors legacy. The promise of gold. The excitement of adventure. Who could resist? When young heir Francis Morgan receives an offer to hunt for the lost treasure of his ancestor, the pirate Henry Morgan, he seems to have hit the jackpot. It soon becomes clear, however, that Francis is in way over his head, and the promise of gold becomes the least exciting thing about this proposition. Written shortly before his death in 1920, Hearts of Three...

He was a very sick white man. He rode pick-a-back on a woolly-headed, black-skinned savage, the lobes of whose ears had been pierced and stretched until one had torn out, while the other carried a circular block of carved wood three inches in diameter. The torn ear had been pierced again, but this time not so ambitiously, for the hole accommodated no more than a short clay pipe. The man-horse was greasy and dirty, and naked save for an exceedingly...

When a missionary John Starhurst decides to carry the gospel all around Viti Levu in Fiji, he does not know how these intentions will change his life. The indigenous people still eat the flesh of their enemies, but Starhurst is not afraid – he is sure that the mission will result in good. 'The Whale Tooth' is an exciting short story by Jack London. It was first published in 1909.

The People of the Abyss (1903) is a work of nonfiction by American writer Jack London. Written after the author spent three months living in London's poverty-stricken East End, The People of the Abyss bears witness to the difficulties faced by hundreds and thousands of people every day in one of the wealthiest nations on earth. Inspired by Friedrich Engels's The Condition of the Working Class in England (1845) and Jacob Riis's How the Other Half Lives,...

Jack London (San Francisco, 1876 - California, 1916), es uno de los autores norteamericanos del siglo xix que ha gozado de mayor difusión y popularidad fuera de las fronteras de su país. Su obra, integrada en la corriente naturalista, muestra una preferencia por situar la acción en parajes lejanos e inexplorados, donde las condiciones de supervivencia resultan extremadamente difíciles para el hombre civilizado, y toca temas propios de la sociedad...

Bursting out of sunny, lush Californian meadows onto the porch of Walt and Madge Irvine, 'Wolf', the brown dog with the wild grace of a timber-wolf, instantly captures the hearts of his would-be owners. Despite the blissful living conditions and love lavished upon him, Wolf's trust proves hard-won,- he tirelessly attempts to return to the mirthless Klondike lands up North where his roots lie. When at last confronted with a ghost from his past, Wolf's...

En la naturaleza indómita del Yukón, el viaje de un perro se convierte en una apasionante historia de supervivencia, instinto y transformación. Buck, un poderoso cruce de San Bernardo y Collie escocés, es arrancado de su hogar cómodo y arrojado al mundo implacable de la Fiebre del Oro de Klondike. Obligado a convertirse en perro de trineo, enfrenta condiciones extremas, amos crueles y feroces rivalidades. Sin embargo, dentro de él despierta...