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“Love of Life & Other Stories” is a book by Jack London, an American novelist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction.Love of Life & Other Stories is a series of short stories by Jack London. It consists of eight moving and thrilling stories such as: Love of Life, The Story of Keesh or The Sun-Dog Trail.

“Michael, Brother of Jerry” is a book by Jack London, an American novelist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction.Michael, Brother of Jerry is a novel by Jack London released in 1917. This novel is the sequel to his previous novel Jerry of the Islands. Each book tells the story of one of two dog siblings, Jerry and Michael, born in the Solomon Islands.

“Moon-Face & Other Stories” is a book by Jack London, an American novelist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction.Moon-Face & Other Stories is a series of short stories by Jack London. It consists of eight moving and thrilling stories such as: Moon-Face: A Story of Mortal Antipathy, Amateur Night or All Gold Canyon.

“The People of the Abyss” is a book by Jack London, an American novelist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction.The People of the Abyss (1903) is a book by Jack London made up of his firsthand account of life in the East End of London. George Orwell was inspired by The People of the Abyss, which he had read in his teens. In the 1930s, he began disguising himself as a derelict and made tramping expedition...

“The Little Lady of the Big House” is a book by Jack London, an American novelist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction.The Little Lady of the Big House is a novel by American writer Jack London. It was his last novel to be published during his lifetime. The story concerns a love triangle. The protagonist, Dick Forrest, is a rancher with a poetic streak. His wife, Paula, is a vivacious, athletic, and se...

“The Cruise of the Dazzler” is a book by Jack London, an American novelist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction.The Cruise of the Dazzler is an early novel by Jack London, set in his home city of San Francisco. It is considered a boy's adventure novel.In the novel, Joe Bronson, dissatisfied with his dull life at school, runs away and joins the crew of a sloop he sees in San Francisco Bay. He finds the ...

“Adventure” is a book by Jack London, an American novelist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction.The novel explores the themes of domination of one people over the others, the differences between races, emancipation of women, and the strength of the human spirit, strengthened in a struggle with the nature and society.

“The Son of the Wolf” is a book by Jack London, an American novelist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction.The Son of the Wolf is a series of short stories by Jack London. It consists of nine moving and thrilling stories such as: The Son of the Wolf, In a Far Country, The Wisdom of the Trail or The Wife of a King.

Powieść psychologiczna amerykańskiego pisarza Jacka Londona Martin Eden należy do kanonu literatury światowej. Od pierwszego wydania książki w 1909 roku uważa się, że historia Martina Edena – geniusza nierozumianego przez świat, ma wiele wspólnego z życiem samego autora. Zarówno Jack London, jak i jego bohater, pragnęli wypełnić swoje życie przygodami, aspirowali do awansu społecznego, byli samoukami odrzucającymi mieszczańskie konwencje i przyjętą drogę dochodzenia do pozycj...

Jack London (właśc. John Griffith Chaney), amerykański pisarza przełomu XIX i XX wieku, autor powieści i opowiadań z wątkami autobiograficznymi. London miał niezwykle barwne życie. Samouk, był m.in. gazeciarzem, trampem, kłusownikiem, marynarzem, poszukiwaczem złota w Klondike i reporterem. Jako korespondent wojenny relacjonował konflikt rosyjsko-japoński w 1905 r. i wojnę domową w Meksyku. W jego twórczości często pojawia się motyw samotnej walki człowieka z panującym porz...

Jack London (właśc. John Griffith Chaney), amerykański pisarza przełomu XIX i XX wieku, autor powieści i opowiadań z wątkami autobiograficznymi. London miał niezwykle barwne życie. Samouk, był m.in. gazeciarzem, trampem, kłusownikiem, marynarzem, poszukiwaczem złota w Klondike i reporterem. Jako korespondent wojenny relacjonował konflikt rosyjsko-japoński w 1905 r. i wojnę domową w Meksyku. W jego twórczości często pojawia się motyw samotnej walki człowieka z panującym porz...

The Sea-Wolf is Jack London’s journey deep into the heart of darkness and madness that each person carries within themselves. It is the story of a Danish youth named Humphrey „Hump” van Weyden and his struggles against the sea, as well as his own inner demons. Humphrey Van Weyden is a gentleman, and academic, who has lived a soft life among civilized, like-minded people. He is on a steemer to visit a friend. On this trip, a fog settles and the ship gets struck and sinks. Mr...

Jack London po raz kolejny fabułę swojego opowiadania skupia na kobiecie. Tytułowa Jess jest bliżej nieokreślonego pochodzenia; w jej żyłach płynęła krew zarówno indiańska, eskimoska, jak i celtycka. Podobnie jak inne bohaterki tomu Serce kobiety Jess walczy o przetrwanie z bezlitosną Alaską. Jej życie zmienia się w chwili, gdy poznaje Neila Bonnera. Wydanie dwujęzyczne polsko-angielskieJack London (John Griffith Chaney) – autor powieści i opowiadań z wątkami autobi...

Zew krwi jest powieścią przygodową amerykańskiego pisarza Jacka Londona należącą do światowego kanonu literatury dziecięcej i młodzieżowej. Jej akcja rozgrywa się na Alasce w czasach gorączki złota. Bohaterem jest pies Buck, który wychował się w domowym zaciszu, otoczony miłością i dostatkiem. W wieku czterech lat zostaje sprzedany handlarzowi psów i z dnia na dzień znajduje się w niezwykle trudnych warunkach bytowania w bezkresnej krainie zimy. Czekaja t...

Elam Harnish is by nature a player to whom his whole life seems to be a game. Skillfully and cynically playing, Harnish makes millions. A successful businessman lives by the laws of the jungle until he meets the stenographer Didon Mason. From this moment, his life under the beneficial influence of love changes, he becomes a spiritual person. Once he finds a gold mine, and the former excitement lights up in his eyes.

Love of life is not only the name of the story, but also the main quality of one of the characters. Such an acute, almost tangible desire took possession of man that he, exhausted by hunger, cold, chills, illness, dislocation, hallucinations and other troubles that can await a lonely generational man in the forest. He survived the battle with a bear, with a wolf, with his mind and body, persuading him to rise again, persuading him to survive. The story is small in volume, w...

„Martin Eden” is one of the most famous novels of the famous American writer Jack London. The novel is largely autobiographical – the writer, like his hero, emerged from the bottom of society and achieved outstanding success in literature exclusively by his own efforts. Martin Eden, who comes from the very bottom of the social ladder of American society at the beginning of the 20th century, falls in love with a young girl, Ruth, who belongs to the bourgeois class. Seeing in...

The book tells about the Neanderthal tribe: life, hunting, customs, their relationship. The life of ancient people is difficult and full of hardships, but they are happy. Their happiness is in unity. There is a clash with others. Neanderthals are at a lower stage of development, but they recognize themselves as people: they have a language, they care for the elderly and children, maintain fire, bury the dead... But the principle of Others – The strongest survives; Kill befo...

Books about the future are always interesting to read in order to reflect on what may await us if we do not take certain actions. Usually we imagine that in many years science and technology will reach a new level, people will become more and more developed both physically and mentally, but Jack London in his novel shows a completely different world in which there is no science, medicine is replaced by quackery, and people become worse and worse, gradually sinking morally. ...

This is a small storybook. Events that mostly revolve around one person. All his life in Hawaii, Percival Ford lived in the belief that he was following the path of his father, and there was nothing better than missionary virtue and moderation. But his pride was hit by that knowledge of which he had no idea, although it had been with him since childhood.

A white man bought an Indian woman as a wife. Bought without any romantic feelings, bought for help. The girl did her job: cooked, fed dogs, paved the way for teams. And the point is not in servile worship of the master, but in the fact that she saw in her husband an honest and courageous man trying to save other people from hunger and cold. They hoped for him, and she, at the cost of her life, helped her husband keep her word.

John Barleycorn to autobiograficzna powieść Jacka Londona, opowiadająca o radości z picia i zmaganiach z alkoholizmem. Została wydana w 1913 roku. Tytuł pochodzi z brytyjskiej piosenki ludowej John Barleycorn.Tematem powieści jest męska przyjaźń. London omawia różne doświadczenia życiowe z alkoholem na różnych etapach swojego życia. Kluczowe etapy to późne lata nastoletnie, kiedy zarabiał jako marynarz, a także później, gdy był zamożnym, odnoszącym sukcesy pisarzem.W książce ...

Zbiór krótkich nowel o silnych mieszkankach i mieszkańcach Północy. Mroźny klimat Alaski odbija się na życiu i charakterach żyjących tam ludzi. Walka z ekstremalnymi warunkami przyrody przeplata się z opowieściami o człowieku. Na tle śnieżnych krajobrazów rozwijają się, nierzadko pełne poświęcenia, relacje damsko-męskie. Szczególną rolę odkrywają tu kobiety Północy. Niezwykła mądrość i odwaga tych, którym przyszło odnaleźć się nie tylko w surowym klimacie, ale i w otoczeniu w...

Tytułowy bohater, Christopher Bellew, to młody człowiek z dobrego domu, wykształcony, mieszkaniec wielkiego miasta, pracujący w redakcji jednej z gazet. Kiedy podczas spotkania ze stryjem dowiaduje się o planowanej wyprawie na Alaskę, decyduje się wziąć w niej udział. Przez pierwsze dni podróży Christopher (Kit) odkrywa swoją słabość fizyczną oraz kompletny brak przygotowania do twardego życia pioniera i poszukiwacza złota. Wyśmiewany przez wytrawnych podróżników i niejednokr...