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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The Call of the Wild
First published in 1900313 editions — 47 previewable
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White Fang
First published in 1905227 editions — 37 previewable
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The sea-wolf
First published in 1900171 editions — 16 previewable
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Martin Eden
First published in 190881 editions — 17 previewable
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The iron heel
First published in 190767 editions — 14 previewable
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Before Adam
First published in 190658 editions — 11 previewable
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Burning Daylight
First published in 191055 editions — 5 previewable
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The People of the Abyss
First published in 190054 editions — 4 previewable
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Novels (Call of the Wild / White Fang)
First published in 196252 editions — 5 previewable
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The son of the wolf: tales of the far north
First published in 190050 editions — 9 previewable
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John Barleycorn
First published in 191349 editions — 8 previewable
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South Sea Tales
First published in 191146 editions — 9 previewable
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The star rover
First published in 191543 editions — 7 previewable
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The Cruise of the Snark
First published in 191141 editions — 5 previewable
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Adventure
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Children of the Frost
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The Valley of the Moon
First published in 190038 editions — 9 previewable
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Tales of the Fish Patrol
First published in 190537 editions — 6 previewable
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The Mutiny of the Elsinore
First published in 191437 editions — 6 previewable
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The Scarlet Plague
First published in 191036 editions — 4 previewable
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Klondike River Valley (Yukon), United States, Yukon, Yukon Territory, California, Canada, Hawaii, Oceania, Klondike River Valley, San Francisco, Alabama, Alaska, Owl Creek Bridge, London, Massachusetts, New England, Salem Village, Amazon rainforest, Arctic Regions, Arctic regions, Caribbean, England, New York, San Francisco (Calif.), San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)People
Jack London (1876-1916), Peyton Farquhar, Faith Brown, Goodman Brown, Goody Cloyse, Joe Dawson, Lizzie Connolly, Martin Eden, Russ Brissenden, Ruth Morse, Sherlock Holmes, Bartleby, Cicero, Devil, General Zaroff, Ginger Nut, Ivan, John H. Watson, John Jacob Astor, Nippers, Sanger Rainsford, The Great White Czar, Turkey, Whitney, Abe SlaneyTime
20th century, 19th century, 1861-1865, 1600s, 1867-1914, American Civil War, Civil War, 1835-45, 1880, 1890, 1907, 1910-1946, 1950-, 1981-, 20th Century, added Contents from the book., early 1900s-
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Alternative names
- John Griffith London
- John Griffith Chaney
- J. London
- J. LONDON
- Lundun Jieke
- (mei) Jie, ke, lun dun
| May 8, 2020 | Edited by Lisa | merge authors |
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