“The Turtles of Tasman” 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 Turtles of Tasman is a series of short stories and plays by Jack London. It consists of eight moving and thrilling stories such as: By the Turtles of the Tasman, The Hobo and the Fairy or The First Poet.
“The Red One” 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 Red One is a series of short stories by Jack London. It consists of four moving and thrilling stories such as: The Red One, The Hussy, Like Argus of the Ancient Times and The Princess.
“Revolution and Other Essays” 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.Revolution and Other Essays is a series of essays by Jack London. The collection consists of these titles: Revolution, The Somnambulists, The Dignity of Dollars, Goliah, The Golden Poppy, The Shrinkage of the Planet, The House Beautiful, The Gold Hunters of the North, Fomá Gordyéeff, These ...
“Smoke Bellew” 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.Smoke Bellew Jack London's adventure novel, set in Alaska, during the "gold rush". The title character, Christopher Bellew, is a young man from a good home, educated, resident of a big city, working in the editorial office of one of the newspapers. When, during a meeting with his uncle, he learns about a ...
“The Faith of Men” 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 Faith of Men is a series of short stories by Jack London. It consists of eight moving and thrilling stories such as: The Faith of Men, Too Much Gold or The Marriage of Lit-lit.
“The Game” 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 Game is a novel by Jack London about a twenty-year-old boxer Joe, who meets his death in the ring. London was a sports reporter for the Oakland Herald and based the novel on his personal observations.
“On the Makaloa Mat” 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.On the Makaloa Mat is a series of short stories by Jack London. It consists of seven moving and thrilling stories such as: On the Makaloa Mat, The Water Baby or The Kanaka Surf.
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...
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...
Wydana w 1912 roku przygodowa powieść pt. Wyga to kolejny dowód na mistrzostwo pisarskie Jacka Londona. Główny bohater, Christopher Bellew, daje się skusić marzeniom o poszukiwaniu złota i rusza na wyprawę do Alaski, gdzie ciężkie warunki wystawiają jego charakter na liczne próby. London po mistrzowsku stopniuje napięcie, zaciekawia czytelnika przygodami swoich bohaterów i przybliża specyfikę „gorączki złota”, jaka opanowała Amerykanów pod koniec XIX wieku.Jack London (John G...
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...
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...
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?
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...
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....
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 ...
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.
„Serce kobiety” autorstwa Jacka Londona opowiada o wydarzeniach z przełomu wieków, które nawiedzają miasto na zamarzniętych obszarach północy. Kiedy 40-kilometrowe miasteczko Klondike stanęło w obliczu śmierci głodowej, to do Sitki Charley i jego zakupionej żony, Pussaka, należała pomoc. Jest to zniechęcająca, samobójcza misja, ale musi zostać podjęta, jeśli ktokolwiek w osadzie ma przeżyć bezlitosne zimowe miesiące. Tym, co sprawia, że historia staje się jeszcze bardz...
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...
