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THE CALL OF THE WILD WHITE FANG AND OTHER STORI...

A bold mix of realism  allegory  adventure  and progressive politics  this collection features
Jack London's most profound and moving literary works    The Call of the Wild  London's
elemental masterpiece about a dog learning to survive in the wilderness  sees pampered pet Buck
snatched from his home and set to work as a sled-dog during the Klondike Gold Rush. White Fang
set in the frozen tundra and boreal forests of Canada's Yukon territory  is the story of a
wolf-dog hybrid struggling to survive in a human society every bit as brutal as the natural
world. This volume of London's famed Northland novels also includes an early feminist story
"The Night-Born " and a pro-labor story "South of the Slot." These works echo and enrich the
themes of The Call of the Wild and White Fang with their unique emphases on the primordial  the
instinctual  and the quest for social justice. London's narratives in this volume focus on
issues of continuing relevance to contemporary readers  including the value of the wilderness 
animal rights  socioeconomic oppression  and gender inequity. This edition also includes an
introduction by preeminent London scholar  Earle Labor  as well as a comprehensive biographical
note on London's life and works by scholar and executive coordinator of the Jack London Society
Kenneth K. Brandt.  For more than seventy years  Penguin has been the leading publisher of
classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1 700 titles  Penguin Classics
represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and
disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions
and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors  as well as up-to-date
translations by award-winning translators.

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