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| Title | : | The Call of the Wild/White Fang |
| Author | : | Jack London |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 292 pages |
| Published | : | July 14th 2006 by Ann Arbor Media (first published 1903) |
| Categories | : | Classics. Fiction. Adventure. Animals. Literature. Historical. Historical Fiction. Young Adult |
Jack London
Hardcover | Pages: 292 pages Rating: 4.11 | 73007 Users | 649 Reviews
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"The Call of the Wild tells the story of Buck, a domestic dog who is kidnapped from his home in California and forced to pull sleds in the Arctic wasteland. White Fang, by contrast, is the tale of a crossbreed who is three-quarters wolf and a quarter dog, and who must endure considerable suffering in the wilderness before being tamed by an American and taken to live in California.Extraordinary both for the vividness of their descriptions and the success with which they imagine life from a non-human perspective, Jack London's classics of children’s literature are two of the greatest and most popular animal stories ever written.
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Describe Books In Pursuance Of The Call of the Wild/White Fang
| Original Title: | The Call of the Wild / White Fang |
| ISBN: | 1587263890 (ISBN13: 9781587263897) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Buck, Spitz, John Thornton |
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Ratings: 4.11 From 73007 Users | 649 ReviewsAssess Out Of Books The Call of the Wild/White Fang
White Fang & The Call of the WildWhite Fang is a novel written by American author Jack London (18761916) about the books main character, a wild wolf-dog called White Fang. It was first published in 1906. The story takes place in Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories, Canada, during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush and details White Fang's journey to from the cruel wilderness to eventual domestication. "White Fang is part dog and part wolf, and the lone survivor of his family. In hisIt's been many years since I read this novel, but I can recall every sentence, well, almost... If you love animals, you'll enjoy this book, except in parts where cruelty is explicit, but not gratuitous as the reader need s to understand White Fangs life. If you romanticise about wandering in a wild dangerous environment, then Jack London paints the landscape perfectly. This is a novel that will leave a taste in your mouth, and so it should. The only reason I have only given the book three stars
When White Fang meets Weedon Scott - it is good. Up until then it is so violent, dark, sad. It was more difficult to read than I expected but John Seelye's Introduction helped me understand London's meaning for it and so have a better respect for it as a classic.This edition has the two stories of course - my 10 year old and I started reading The Call of the Wild together but it was too much for him - too violent, that much he could make out because the language is so old even I found it
I really enjoyed these two tales (four and a half stars) One a journey from civilization to the wild, the other a journey from the wild to civilization (the way someone before WWI might think of such things). In fact, I think London has a deep experience of things. I rate this highly but hold back from five stars and for the reason that he never escaped wholely the assumptions of his time probably a crime we all are prone but some of his assumptions about nature and civilization are tinged with
One of the commitments I've made this year is to try and read more books that have stood the test of time rather than defaulting to the flavor of the month new release. It took some time to work through but I'm glad I read these classics novels. Jack London has a sharp command of the English language and uses it deftly to paint the vast, unforgiving landscape of the Northland. The Call of the Wild & White Fang both told from a dogs perspective are merciless and stark tales of survival at any
Note, March 2, 2016: I've just edited this review to insert spoiler tags (which didn't exist when I originally wrote it) in a couple of places.(Note, March 5, 2014: I posted this review a few years ago, but in reading over it just now, I realized I needed to correct a typo.)Actually, I read these two novels in different editions than this omnibus volume. And, while I read White Fang sometime in the 90s, I'd already read The Call of the Wild in high school.London is one of my favorite authors
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