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January 15, 2024 | History

Jack London

12 January 1876 - 22 November 1916

John Griffith London (born John Griffith Chaney; January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916) was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist. A pioneer in the world of commercial magazine fiction, he was one of the first writers to become a worldwide celebrity and earn a large fortune from writing. He was also an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction.

His most famous works include The Call of the Wild and White Fang, both set in the Klondike Gold Rush, as well as the short stories "To Build a Fire", "An Odyssey of the North", and "Love of Life". He also wrote about the South Pacific in stories such as "The Pearls of Parlay", and "The Heathen".

London was part of the radical literary group "The Crowd" in San Francisco and a passionate advocate of unionization, workers' rights, socialism, and eugenics. He wrote several works dealing with these topics, such as his dystopian novel The Iron Heel, his non-fiction exposé The People of the Abyss, The War of the Classes, and Before Adam.

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  • Cover of: The Call of the Wild
    First published in 1903 1388 editions in 15 languages — 107 previewable Cover of edition anniversaryediti0000unse Cover of edition callofthewild_5_2007_librivox Cover of edition callofwild0000unse Cover of edition ermaankutsu45487gut Cover of edition callofwild00lond_3 Cover of edition callofthewild_1509_librivox Cover of edition cihm_86438 Cover of edition TheCallOfTheWild Cover of edition als_de_natuur_roept_1112_librivox

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  • Cover of: The Iron Heel
    First published in 1907 594 editions in 9 languages — 22 previewable Cover of edition ironhee00lond Cover of edition ironheel00lond Cover of edition cu31924002168817 Cover of edition ironhe00lond Cover of edition ironheel00londiala Cover of edition jarnhalen00lond Cover of edition nybc208151 Cover of edition cihm_74933 Cover of edition theironheel01164gut

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  • Cover of: White Fang
    First published in 1905 366 editions in 18 languages — 74 previewable Cover of edition susikoira45197gut Cover of edition pit-tah_1202_librivox Cover of edition whitefang2_1010_librivox Cover of edition cu31924012674424 Cover of edition whitefang00910gut Cover of edition white_fang_librivox Cover of edition whitefang0000lond_v8z0 Cover of edition varghunden00londiala Cover of edition whitefangt00lond

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  • Cover of: Burning Daylight
    First published in 1910 329 editions in 6 languages — 13 previewable Cover of edition onnensuosikkirom56786gut Cover of edition burning_daylight_1211_librivox Cover of edition burningdaylight00746gut Cover of edition kungenavklondyke00lond Cover of edition glodandekolocha00lond Cover of edition workslon02londuoft Cover of edition burningdaylight00lond Cover of edition burningdayligh00lond Cover of edition cihm_74961

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  • Cover of: Children of the frost
    First published in 1800 301 editions in 2 languages — 4 previewable Cover of edition childrenforest00londrich Cover of edition kldensbarn00lond Cover of edition childrenofthefro10736gut

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  • Cover of: The Sea-Wolf
    First published in 1900 282 editions in 12 languages — 39 previewable Cover of edition merisusi48489gut Cover of edition sea_wolf_2_nb_1603_librivox Cover of edition theseawolf01074gut Cover of edition sea_wolf_0907_librivox Cover of edition nybc203051 Cover of edition nybc203050 Cover of edition varglarsen00lond Cover of edition seawolf0000lond Cover of edition seawolf01lond

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  • Cover of: Martin Eden
    First published in 1908 107 editions in 12 languages — 22 previewable Cover of edition martineden00lond_1 Cover of edition workslon01londuoft Cover of edition martineden0000unse_x9l3 Cover of edition martineden0000lond_k3b5 Cover of edition martineden_1101_librivox Cover of edition martineden1908lond Cover of edition martinedenromaan47155gut Cover of edition martineden01056gut Cover of edition martineden00lond

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  • Cover of: Before Adam.: With numerous illus. by Charles Livingston Bull.

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  • Cover of: The son of the wolf: tales of the far north

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  • Cover of: THE CALL OF THE WILD AND WHITE FANG

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  • Cover of: John Barleycorn: Illustrated by H.T. Dunn.

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  • Cover of: The people of the abyss
    First published in 1900 72 editions in 4 languages — 10 previewable Cover of edition peopleofabyss00londiala Cover of edition cihm_74963 Cover of edition thepeopleoftheab01688gut Cover of edition people_of_abyss_pw_librivox Cover of edition kadotuksenkansak48172gut Cover of edition le-peuple-de-labime Cover of edition peopleofabyss00lond Cover of edition peopleofabyss0000lond Cover of edition gentedelabismoel00lond

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  • Cover of: The Scarlet Plague
    First published in 1910 71 editions in 5 languages — 10 previewable Cover of edition scarletplague00londiala Cover of edition rodapesten00lond Cover of edition thescarletplague21970gut Cover of edition scarlet_plague_0907_librivox Cover of edition punainenrutto56785gut Cover of edition jack-london-_-la-peste-ecarlate Cover of edition scarletplague00londgoog Cover of edition scarletplague0000lond Cover of edition lapesteecarlate0000lond

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  • Cover of: South sea tales
    First published in 1911 70 editions in 6 languages — 16 previewable Cover of edition cu31924021764547 Cover of edition talessouthsea00londrich Cover of edition southseajack00londrich Cover of edition cu31924011077389 Cover of edition hedningenochandr00lond Cover of edition southseatales00lond Cover of edition southseatales0000lond_c5b5 Cover of edition verhalenvandezui18532gut Cover of edition southseatales_2011_librivox

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  • Cover of: Tales of the Fish Patrol
    First published in 1905 66 editions in 4 languages — 13 previewable Cover of edition talesoffishpatro00londuoft Cover of edition cu31924021764695 Cover of edition talesoffishpatrol00londrich Cover of edition talesoffish00londrich Cover of edition talesoffishpatro00londrich Cover of edition talesofthefishpa00911gut Cover of edition talesofthefishpa28693gut Cover of edition fishpatrol_1502_librivox Cover of edition kalavartionseikk57220gut

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  • Cover of: The Star Rover
    First published in 1915 63 editions in 4 languages — 13 previewable Cover of edition jacket_1203_librivox Cover of edition thejacketstarrov01162gut Cover of edition tvangstrojan00lond Cover of edition starrover00lond Cover of edition jacketthestarrov00londuoft Cover of edition starrover01londgoog Cover of edition starroverautobio00lond Cover of edition unknown0000unse_i2k9 Cover of edition starrover0000unse

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  • Cover of: When God Laughs: and Other Stories

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  • Cover of: The Road
    First published in 1907 59 editions in 4 languages — 10 previewable Cover of edition cu31924095660472 Cover of edition theroad14658gut Cover of edition nybc208150 Cover of edition jacklondotheroad00londrich Cover of edition road00londgoog Cover of edition roadlargeprint0000unse Cover of edition laroutelesvagabo0000lond Cover of edition road0000lond Cover of edition road00lond

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  • Cover of: The night-born: and also The madness of John Harned, When the world was young, The benefit of the doubt, Winged blackmail, Bunches of knuckles, War, Under the deck awnings, To kill a man, The Mexican

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  • Cover of: The mutiny of the Elsinore. --

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January 15, 2024 Edited by Сергей Малышев Added new photo
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