Jack London Literatura - książki, ebooki i audiobooki

Jack London zabiera czytelników w świat rdzennych mieszkańców Ameryki widziany oczami białych kolonizatorów. Grupa mężczyzn spędza upalny wieczór w starym klubie w San Francisco. Czas upływa im na rozmowach i wspominaniu młodości. Jeden z nich, Trefethan, zaczyna snuć opowieść o zdarzeniu, które na zawsze wryło się w jego pamięć. Mowa o spotkaniu tajemniczej amazonki o imieniu Lucy. Mężczyzna stopniowo zyskiwał zaufanie kobiety, która obezwładniła go swoim wdziękiem i urodą. ...

Angielski Przy Okazji! Pełny Angielski Tekst. 100% Tłumaczenia! Ucz się angielskiego czytając ciekawe książki, przygotowane według Metody Edukacyjnego Czytania Ilyi Franka-----------------------Opis serii:Książki z serii Metoda Edukacyjnego Czytania Ilyi Franka służą do nauki języka angielskiego przy okazji czytania ciekawych książek w języku oryginalnym z wplecionym dosłownym polskim tłumaczeniem. Metoda polega na specjalnej adaptacji treści w taki sposób że cała zawartość k...

"Wyga" to powieść przygodowa Jacka Londona, której akcja toczy się na Alasce, podczas "Gorączki złota".Kit Bellew, to młody chłopak z wielkiego miasta, pracujący w redakcji jednej z gazet. Podczas spotkania ze stryjem dowiaduje się o planowanej wyprawie na Alaskę i decyduje się wziąć w niej udział. Kit odkryje w sobie swoją słabość fizyczną oraz kompletny brak przygotowania do twardego i męczącego życia poszukiwacza złota. Wyśmiewany i poniżany przez doświadczonych podróżnikó...

Jack London has always been especially reverent about the culture of the American Indians and their originality, which is why the theme of the invasion of the Indian tribes by white people from the mainland occupies a central theme in his work. Hardened by the harsh North, the brave traveler Scraf Mackenzie intends to marry a girl from the local Native American tribe of the Styx. However, he is faced with the stubborn reluctance of Indians to share their women with white al...

The plots of the stories of the collection „The Red One” (1918) unfold in various parts of the globe – from the Solomon Islands and Ecuador to Nebraska and Klondike. When Bassett conducted scientific research in the jungle, he was attacked by the natives and became their captive. It was then that the scientist first heard the strange voice of the Red deity, which drove into his soul an irresistible desire to see the idol with his own eyes, even at the cost of his own life....

Romance and adventure, the majestic nature and extreme conditions, strong and independent heroes – Jack London’s stories are extremely popular, more than a hundred adaptations of works are known. In a small work, Born in the Night, the author shows how the benefits of civilization are inferior to the forest and to a huge concept called Freedom. A woman who stumbles upon abandoned bags of gold does not become a noble lady with a wardrobe, but leads a small tribe.

The main character tells about his stay on the ship „Elsinore”, in which from the very beginning there are not the most rainbow events. With each chapter of the event more and more go beyond the framework of the rational and the main character is aware of this. Traveling by ship is a long coexistence of many people in a limited space, where they have nowhere to go from each other, and they are forced to constantly contact. Latent antipathy there develops into a demonstrativ...

This is a collection of short stories by Jack London. The action of the stories takes place in the bay of San Francisco, in the center of the plot is the activity of the local „fish surveillance”. The narration is conducted in the first person, the narrator is the owner of the reindeer sloop, chartered by a fishing company to patrol the bay in order to prevent illegal fishing methods. Another main character is Charlie Le Grant, if not involved in the events, then at least m...

Wzruszająca historia o miłości i poświęceniu. Pokazuje wrażliwość, siłę i złożoność przewrotnego, kobiecego charakteru. Uniwersalna opowieść o woli życia i determinacji przetrwania. Zapraszamy do lektury...

The Iron Heel is a distopian utopian socialist novel, told in first person by someone that have read the manuscript finded in a oak, hidden 600 years ago that tolds the life and adventures of a socialist activist Avis Everhard and her husband Ernst Everhard executed in 1932. The Iron Heel is a story with stories within stories...it’s about a past, a present, and a future...all told from the perspective of a man (Jack London) in 1906...read by current readers almost 100 year...

Jack London, as part of his Nordic Tales series, raises a problem that is difficult to articulate clearly. This is a situation when a person is faced with the inevitability of a terrible painful death. A choice arises before him, which is worse: to accept a painful end, clinging to life until the last breath, or to die voluntarily. The peculiarity of the story is that the main character is a citizen of the Russian Empire, a participant in the Polish uprising, exiled by the ...

The famous cycle of novels and short stories by the American writer Jack London is a peculiar and unique painting of life in inhuman conditions, where people still manage to remain human beings. The story is about a man who found the courage, courage and power to exchange the clerk’s prosperous, but dull and boring life for danger, the exciting and fascinating fate of an adventurer in the wild lands of the Northern Way. The whole North knew him under the name Smoke Bellew....

An amazing story about human hatred, an obsession with revenge. The action takes place in a circus, a young man, a fearless lion tamer, sticking his head in the jaws of the lions „laid eyes” on the wife of the juggler and sword-swallower. The heroes of the stories of London are simple, courageous people, ready to fight difficulties, boldly looking into the eyes of danger. All of them are united by a thirst for action, a desire to take an active part in current events....

This is a situation when a person is faced with the inevitability of a terrible painful death. A choice arises before him, which is worse: to accept a painful end, clinging to life until the last breath, or to die voluntarily. This story is not about man’s courage, but about his weakness for money, his passion for profit. And such a passion destroys man in man. And then there is nothing left but money. Money money money... there is nothing in the head but them.

The protagonist of the story – the old Imber from the White Fish tribe can cause conflicting feelings among readers – he killed many white people without much reason, at first glance. He does not hide from justice, but he himself comes to the city of Yukon and admits everything he has done. What prompted him to such an act? And does the reason that prompted Imber to kill, deserve understanding?

“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 ...

“When God Laughs & 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.When God Laughs & Other Stories is a series of short stories by Jack London. It consists of twelve moving and thrilling stories such as: When God Laughs, A Wicked Woman, Make Westing or The Curious Fragment.

“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 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.

“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 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...

“Lost Face” 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.Lost Face is a collection of seven short stories by Jack London. It takes its name from the first short story in the book, about a European adventurer in the Yukon who outwits his (American) Indian captors' plans to torture him. The book includes London's best-known short story, "To Build a Fire"....