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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. ...

Mroźna Alaska, czasy gorączki złota. Pies Buck spędza beztroskie szczenięce lata w ciepłym domu, u kochającej go rodziny. Wszystko zmienia się, gdy w wieku czterech lat zostaje porwany i sprzedany poszukiwaczowi złota. Czeka go walka z niesprzyjającym klimatem i okrutnymi ludźmi. Będzie musiał stawić czoła licznym niebezpieczeństwom i ciężkiej pracy w zaprzęgu przy głodowych porcjach pożywienia. Jak ekstremalne warunki zmienią Bucka? W dzielnym psie budzi się instynktowna wal...

“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 ...

Keesh, syn Keesha to jedno z opowiadań pochodzących z tomu Serce kobiety. Jack London po raz kolejny zabiera czytelnika na mroźną Amerykę Północną, gdzie tytułowy bohater rozerwany pomiędzy prawami swojego plemienia a wpływem chrześcijańskich nauk białego człowieka, musi dokonać trudnego wyboru.Jack London (John Griffith Chaney) – autor powieści i opowiadań z wątkami autobiograficznymi. London miał niezwykle barwne życie. Samouk, był m.in. poszukiwaczem złota w Klondike, mary...

Akcję swojego opowiadania Negore-Tchórz Jack London osadza na XIX-wiecznej Alasce i opowiada historię Negore, który musi udowodnić przed swoim plemieniem, że nie jest tchórzem. London jak zwykle drobiazgowo odtwarza plemienną atmosferę, tworzy silnych, ciekawych bohaterów, obok których nie sposób przejść obojętnie. Jack London (John Griffith Chaney) – autor powieści i opowiadań z wątkami autobiograficznymi. London miał niezwykle barwne życie. Samouk, był m.in. pos...

Barwne życie Jacka Londona dostarczyło mu mnóstwa inspiracji. W swoich krótkich prozatorskich utworach zawarł wiele wspomnień ze swoich podróży na Północ. Przemyślny Porportuk to jedno z wielu opowiadań, w którym amerykański autor główną postacią uczynił kobietę indiańskiego pochodzenia. London zaciekawia czytelnika drobiazgowymi opisami zwyczajów plemiennych, ale przede wszystkim tworzy wyrazistych, intrygujących bohaterów.Jack London (John Griffith Chaney) – autor powieści ...

Amerykański pisarz Jack London w swoim opowiadaniu Śród lasów Północy odmalowuje przed czytelnikiem niezwykłą krainę Ameryki Północnej, zimną, nieustępliwą i dziką. Autor skupia się jednak przede wszystkim na ukazaniu losów zamieszkujących Północ ludzi pełnych pasji, marzeń i pragnień.Jack London (John Griffith Chaney) – autor powieści i opowiadań z wątkami autobiograficznymi. London miał niezwykle barwne życie. Samouk, był m.in. poszukiwaczem złota w Klondike, marynarzem, re...

Żona z plemienia Siwash to jedno z ośmiu opowiadań z tomu Serce kobiety wydanego w 1901 roku. Zbiór ten skupia się na ukazaniu losów kobiet, zmuszonych stawiać czoła zarówno surowemu i bezlitosnemu klimatowi mroźnej Ameryki Północnej, jak i własnym uczuciom. Żona… opowiada historię Indianki i białego Amerykanina, których połączyła miłość. Jack London (John Griffith Chaney) – autor powieści i opowiadań z wątkami autobiograficznymi. London miał niezwykle bar...

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 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...

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.

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?

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 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 ...

“Tales of the Fish Patrol” 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.Tales of the Fish Patrol is a series of short stories by Jack London. It consists of seven moving and thrilling stories such as: White and Yellow, The King of the Greeks or The Siege of the "Lancashire Queen".