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The Call of the Wild and White Fang
The Call of the Wild and White Fang, two American classics by Jack London, are presented together in this elegantly designed jacketed hardcover edition featuring an introduction by Jack London scholar Kenneth K. Brandt.
The Call of the Wild (1903) and White Fang (1906) are two classic American adventure novels depicting the evolution of two dogs in the wild. The novels are in fact mirror images of one another, as Call of the Wild depicts Buck's journey from domestic to wild dog, while White Fang recounts White Fang's transformation from wild beast to domestic companion. Both convey powerful themes of redemption and survival that continue to affect readers even today.
These beautifully written stories, now together in one highly produced volume complete with a timeline of the life and times of Jack London, are a perfect addition to any young adult's library. Anyone with a taste for adventure, who loves the outdoors or camping, or who spends time daydreaming about living self-sufficiently will be enamored by these adventure stories.
Essential volumes for the shelves of every classic literature lover, the Chartwell Classics series includes beautifully presented works and collections from some of the most important authors in literary history. Chartwell Classics are the editions of choice for the most discerning literature buffs.
Other titles in the Chartwell Classics Series include: Complete Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft; Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales; Complete Novels of Jane Austen; Complete Sherlock Holme; Complete Tales & Poems of Edgar Allen Poe; Complete Works of William Shakespeare; Divine Comedy; Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Other Tales; The Essential Tales of H.P. Lovecraft; The Federalist Papers; The Inferno; Moby Dick; The Odyssey; Pride and Prejudice; The Essential Grimm's Fairy Tales; Emma; The Great Gatsby; The Secret Garden; Anne of Green Gables; The Essential Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe; The Phantom of the Opera; The Communist Manifesto and Das Kapital; Republic; Frankenstein; Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea; The Picture of Dorian Gray; Meditations; Wuthering Heights; Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass; A Tales of Two Cities; Beowulf; The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories; Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; Little Women
The Call of the Wild (1903) and White Fang (1906) are two classic American adventure novels depicting the evolution of two dogs in the wild. The novels are in fact mirror images of one another, as Call of the Wild depicts Buck's journey from domestic to wild dog, while White Fang recounts White Fang's transformation from wild beast to domestic companion. Both convey powerful themes of redemption and survival that continue to affect readers even today.
These beautifully written stories, now together in one highly produced volume complete with a timeline of the life and times of Jack London, are a perfect addition to any young adult's library. Anyone with a taste for adventure, who loves the outdoors or camping, or who spends time daydreaming about living self-sufficiently will be enamored by these adventure stories.
Essential volumes for the shelves of every classic literature lover, the Chartwell Classics series includes beautifully presented works and collections from some of the most important authors in literary history. Chartwell Classics are the editions of choice for the most discerning literature buffs.
Other titles in the Chartwell Classics Series include: Complete Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft; Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales; Complete Novels of Jane Austen; Complete Sherlock Holme; Complete Tales & Poems of Edgar Allen Poe; Complete Works of William Shakespeare; Divine Comedy; Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Other Tales; The Essential Tales of H.P. Lovecraft; The Federalist Papers; The Inferno; Moby Dick; The Odyssey; Pride and Prejudice; The Essential Grimm's Fairy Tales; Emma; The Great Gatsby; The Secret Garden; Anne of Green Gables; The Essential Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe; The Phantom of the Opera; The Communist Manifesto and Das Kapital; Republic; Frankenstein; Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea; The Picture of Dorian Gray; Meditations; Wuthering Heights; Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass; A Tales of Two Cities; Beowulf; The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories; Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; Little Women
336 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1906
About the author
Jack London
5,933 books7,003 followersJohn Griffith Chaney, better known as Jack London, was an American novelist, journalist and activist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and American magazines, he was one of the first American authors to become an international celebrity and earn a large fortune from writing. He was also an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction.
London was part of the radical literary group "The Crowd" in San Francisco and a passionate advocate of animal rights, workers’ rights and socialism. London wrote several works dealing with these topics, such as his dystopian novel The Iron Heel, his non-fiction exposé The People of the Abyss, War of the Classes, and Before Adam.
His most famous works include The Call of the Wild and White Fang, both set in Alaska and the Yukon during 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 animal rights, workers’ rights and socialism. London wrote several works dealing with these topics, such as his dystopian novel The Iron Heel, his non-fiction exposé The People of the Abyss, War of the Classes, and Before Adam.
His most famous works include The Call of the Wild and White Fang, both set in Alaska and the Yukon during 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".
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January 8, 2018
4 out of 5 stars for both The Call of the Wild and White Fang by Jack London.
The Call of the Wild tells the story of Buck who is “dognapped” and is put into a dog sled team in Alaska, and then later has to learn the ways of the wild. It is a very entertaining short story.
White Fang digs a bit deeper than the The Call of the Wild. It had a deeply theological and religious theme throughout. White Fang is a wolf, born in the wild that has to learn faith in humans early in his life, then his faith is tested through many trials, and then he has to make the difficult climb back to find his faith again in humankind.
The beginning of White Fang is some of the most edge of my seat reading I’ve had in a long time. It is overall a very unforgettable adventure.
I really enjoyed both of these stories and they work very well together. They are basically opposite stories and have kind of a yin/yang thing going on with the first one being a dog going into the wild, and the second one a wolf becoming domesticated. Jack London really had a way with words and in creating feelings in me as a reader. This was a perfect set of stories to read this time of year!
Matt
The Call of the Wild tells the story of Buck who is “dognapped” and is put into a dog sled team in Alaska, and then later has to learn the ways of the wild. It is a very entertaining short story.
White Fang digs a bit deeper than the The Call of the Wild. It had a deeply theological and religious theme throughout. White Fang is a wolf, born in the wild that has to learn faith in humans early in his life, then his faith is tested through many trials, and then he has to make the difficult climb back to find his faith again in humankind.
The beginning of White Fang is some of the most edge of my seat reading I’ve had in a long time. It is overall a very unforgettable adventure.
I really enjoyed both of these stories and they work very well together. They are basically opposite stories and have kind of a yin/yang thing going on with the first one being a dog going into the wild, and the second one a wolf becoming domesticated. Jack London really had a way with words and in creating feelings in me as a reader. This was a perfect set of stories to read this time of year!
Matt
December 10, 2015
I've read a good number of books with protagonists as dogs, but only in these two books I can really see the world from a dog's point of view.
True, the stories are violent, but that goes with the setup of the north. But the details are so realistic, and growth so credible. I really had the impression of traveling to that northland, and living with these dogs, day by day.
For both these stories, the ends are expansive and inspirational. They left my heart rich yet light!
True, the stories are violent, but that goes with the setup of the north. But the details are so realistic, and growth so credible. I really had the impression of traveling to that northland, and living with these dogs, day by day.
For both these stories, the ends are expansive and inspirational. They left my heart rich yet light!
March 2, 2016
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 --despite his ideological dependence on Marx and Darwin, and his Naturalist outlook (in which human behavior is viewed as purely the product of social forces, inborn instincts and biological needs), all of which are very different from my own attitudes. He has very strong storytelling skills, and he writes with a kind of clear, direct diction that makes his prose highly readable. Here, his vivid evocation of the frozen North benefits from his own personal knowledge and experience of that environment.
Given his Naturalism, London was better at portraying animals intimately than at doing the same for people (and probably more at home doing so). The behaviors and their determinants that he portrays for his sled dogs are perfectly appropriate and realistic for them. And critics who argue that he uses miss an important point: .
(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 --despite his ideological dependence on Marx and Darwin, and his Naturalist outlook (in which human behavior is viewed as purely the product of social forces, inborn instincts and biological needs), all of which are very different from my own attitudes. He has very strong storytelling skills, and he writes with a kind of clear, direct diction that makes his prose highly readable. Here, his vivid evocation of the frozen North benefits from his own personal knowledge and experience of that environment.
Given his Naturalism, London was better at portraying animals intimately than at doing the same for people (and probably more at home doing so). The behaviors and their determinants that he portrays for his sled dogs are perfectly appropriate and realistic for them. And critics who argue that he uses miss an important point: .
February 10, 2019
"Varoluşun zirvesini gösteren, hayatın artık daha fazla yükselemediği bir kendinden geçme hali vardır. Yaşamanın çelişkisi de odur ki bu kendinden geçme, esrime hali, insan ancak en hayat doluyken ve insanın ancak hayatta olduğunu tamamen unutmasıyla gelir. Bu hayatı unutma hali sanatçıyı etkisine aldığında bir alev gibi ondan dışarı taşar; bir askeri etkisine aldığında o asker cephede savaş çılgınlığına kapılarak düşmanına en ufak merhamet göstermez."
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113 yıl önce yazdığı ilk kitaplarında hayvanları konu edinen Jack London sürdürdüğü zorlu yaşamında kendinden daha fazla zorluklara katlanan kızak köpeklerini işleyerek ilk edebi yükselişini gerçekleştirdi yazarların köpekler üzerinden hayata dair gözlemleri farklı bakış açılarını doğuruyor , Virginia Woolf'un Flush'u, Thomas Mann'ın Efendi ile Köpeği betimleme açısından daha yoğun olacaktır. Bulgakov'un Köpek Kalbi'de bu konuda güzel bir alternatif sunuyor.
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113 yıl önce yazdığı ilk kitaplarında hayvanları konu edinen Jack London sürdürdüğü zorlu yaşamında kendinden daha fazla zorluklara katlanan kızak köpeklerini işleyerek ilk edebi yükselişini gerçekleştirdi yazarların köpekler üzerinden hayata dair gözlemleri farklı bakış açılarını doğuruyor , Virginia Woolf'un Flush'u, Thomas Mann'ın Efendi ile Köpeği betimleme açısından daha yoğun olacaktır. Bulgakov'un Köpek Kalbi'de bu konuda güzel bir alternatif sunuyor.
February 1, 2021
As this is two books in one bonus edition I shall review each separately, although there are a great many similarities between them.
The Call of the Wild:
This book does for dogs what Watership Down did for rabbits - it’s brutal and heartbreaking - tissues at the ready!I realised about 5 pages in that this was going to break me.
We follow the story of Buck a beautiful (I think) dog and his life which is interesting and full of adventure, he’s such a likeable character it is hard not to love him.
Written in 1903 the writing does come across as old fashioned but it still works today, it is easy to understand and it flows nicely and naturally.
This is a heartwarming and at times heartbreaking story, if you like dogs then you will like this tail/tale! The only way this book could be improved is by making it longer so I think it deserves a 5.
White Fang:
This story, written shortly after The Call of The Wild provides pretty much a direct comparison between the two. There are some very obvious similarities here and I found that the story of White Fang was essentially like Call of the Wild in reverse. Together the two stories go full circle which has a nice symmetry to it.
Here we follow White Fang, who seems to be about 99% wolf, again a loveable character though.
So as you can see from the comments above this is another old fashioned story about dogs in the wilds of North America. The author writes almost poetically at times which creates a very atmospheric story which flows nicely, my only real criticism is that it can be a little repetitive at times, this is a very small flaw.
It crept up on me once again just how brutal and sinister this book is - did I learn nothing from The Call of the Wild? At times a little slow but a nice read, with moments of heartbreak and sorrow and also of happiness with some cute moments to really make you smile.
Unfortunately for this book the first one was better. White Fang had a good start but towards the end it became predictable to me, having said that however it was still an enjoyable read and as I said with the first one, if you like dogs you’re going to love this.
A very respectable 4*/5
I cannot decide overall whether to give 4 or 5 out of 5 for this, I’ve changed back and forth several times already!
The Call of the Wild:
This book does for dogs what Watership Down did for rabbits - it’s brutal and heartbreaking - tissues at the ready!I realised about 5 pages in that this was going to break me.
We follow the story of Buck a beautiful (I think) dog and his life which is interesting and full of adventure, he’s such a likeable character it is hard not to love him.
Written in 1903 the writing does come across as old fashioned but it still works today, it is easy to understand and it flows nicely and naturally.
This is a heartwarming and at times heartbreaking story, if you like dogs then you will like this tail/tale! The only way this book could be improved is by making it longer so I think it deserves a 5.
White Fang:
This story, written shortly after The Call of The Wild provides pretty much a direct comparison between the two. There are some very obvious similarities here and I found that the story of White Fang was essentially like Call of the Wild in reverse. Together the two stories go full circle which has a nice symmetry to it.
Here we follow White Fang, who seems to be about 99% wolf, again a loveable character though.
So as you can see from the comments above this is another old fashioned story about dogs in the wilds of North America. The author writes almost poetically at times which creates a very atmospheric story which flows nicely, my only real criticism is that it can be a little repetitive at times, this is a very small flaw.
It crept up on me once again just how brutal and sinister this book is - did I learn nothing from The Call of the Wild? At times a little slow but a nice read, with moments of heartbreak and sorrow and also of happiness with some cute moments to really make you smile.
Unfortunately for this book the first one was better. White Fang had a good start but towards the end it became predictable to me, having said that however it was still an enjoyable read and as I said with the first one, if you like dogs you’re going to love this.
A very respectable 4*/5
I cannot decide overall whether to give 4 or 5 out of 5 for this, I’ve changed back and forth several times already!
July 20, 2023
I really enjoyed my time with each of these stories. I think one of my only gripes with each is I wish they had a bit more to them, especially Call Of the Wild.
As a dog lover and owner, I really felt for each and was engaged with their struggles, obstacles, and stories.
If I could give this 4.5, that's where I would place it.
As a dog lover and owner, I really felt for each and was engaged with their struggles, obstacles, and stories.
If I could give this 4.5, that's where I would place it.
March 14, 2009
Last summer, I read Jon Krakauer’s Into the Wild. I found Christopher McCandless’s fascination with Jack London to be interesting, but it was hard for me to fully understand where McCandless was coming from, having never read London’s works. I also have a deep respect for animals and a disgust at their ill-treatment at the hands of human beings. For those two reasons, I chose to read The Call of the Wild for my Literature class.
The cover of the book captivated me. I enjoyed studying the picture of the wolf-like dog in the snow, trying to read the expression on his face. Based on the book’s title and what I read in Into the Wild, I expected the book to be about a return to a primitive lifestyle and primordial desires. I did not expect to really enjoy it, as I thought it would probably be very “masculine.”
Upon reading, I was immediately caught up in Buck’s story. I couldn’t seem to put the book down. I thought about Buck when I was not reading, and even felt Buck in some of the music that I heard. I did not know it would be so heartbreaking, or that I would be so touched by this fictional animal.
I loved the ending of this book. It was not at all what I expected it to be. I thought that the ending would be sad, but it turned out to be powerful- even mystical. London does an excellent job of conveying how, in spite of Buck’s struggles and suffering, he may be better off in the wild than he was at the farm. He is a naturally wild animal, and he is able to be fully alive when his uncivilized side is allowed to emerge. It makes me think of how men, too, struggle with suppressing certain instincts and desires when they are trying to conform to society’s expectations. I can see how this book influenced McCandless, as he likely wanted to allow his own “wild side” to surface.
I also like how London shows how human beings can be so silly and ridiculous, in spite of their claim to having high intelligence. He portrays animals as simpler but somehow smarter than humans, and he has a valid point. Human beings, in their greed, sometimes ignore any survival instincts they have left. Animals, on the other hand, know what they need to do to survive, and they put survival above all else. It makes me wonder whether humans are as smart as we would like to believe.
This book gives us a lot to think about. What makes humans so different from animals? Is it better to live basically by following natural instincts, or is it better to conform to society? Should we explore our wild sides, or should we work to suppress them? Do human beings have an innate need to gain power over others, like Buck had a need to be the leader of his pack? How do we reconcile that with our society’s negative attitude toward omnipotent leaders? Are not human beings pack animals? In what ways do we continue to exploit animals and cause great suffering in order to make money? Is that behavior acceptable, given that many believe we possess higher intelligence?
I think all of these questions can make for interesting class discussions and debates. I can imagine organizing a debate on animal medical research, or on using animals in advertising, animals on factory farms, etc. This book could be taught in conjunction with Into the Wild, or at least by showing clips of that movie and discussing how Buck and Chris are alike. I would also like to conduct an activity where students explore their own “wild sides,” either through poems or personal narratives. They could provide examples of how they still feel natural instincts for which there is no logical explanation, and how they choose to act on or ignore those instincts.
5Q 4P
The cover of the book captivated me. I enjoyed studying the picture of the wolf-like dog in the snow, trying to read the expression on his face. Based on the book’s title and what I read in Into the Wild, I expected the book to be about a return to a primitive lifestyle and primordial desires. I did not expect to really enjoy it, as I thought it would probably be very “masculine.”
Upon reading, I was immediately caught up in Buck’s story. I couldn’t seem to put the book down. I thought about Buck when I was not reading, and even felt Buck in some of the music that I heard. I did not know it would be so heartbreaking, or that I would be so touched by this fictional animal.
I loved the ending of this book. It was not at all what I expected it to be. I thought that the ending would be sad, but it turned out to be powerful- even mystical. London does an excellent job of conveying how, in spite of Buck’s struggles and suffering, he may be better off in the wild than he was at the farm. He is a naturally wild animal, and he is able to be fully alive when his uncivilized side is allowed to emerge. It makes me think of how men, too, struggle with suppressing certain instincts and desires when they are trying to conform to society’s expectations. I can see how this book influenced McCandless, as he likely wanted to allow his own “wild side” to surface.
I also like how London shows how human beings can be so silly and ridiculous, in spite of their claim to having high intelligence. He portrays animals as simpler but somehow smarter than humans, and he has a valid point. Human beings, in their greed, sometimes ignore any survival instincts they have left. Animals, on the other hand, know what they need to do to survive, and they put survival above all else. It makes me wonder whether humans are as smart as we would like to believe.
This book gives us a lot to think about. What makes humans so different from animals? Is it better to live basically by following natural instincts, or is it better to conform to society? Should we explore our wild sides, or should we work to suppress them? Do human beings have an innate need to gain power over others, like Buck had a need to be the leader of his pack? How do we reconcile that with our society’s negative attitude toward omnipotent leaders? Are not human beings pack animals? In what ways do we continue to exploit animals and cause great suffering in order to make money? Is that behavior acceptable, given that many believe we possess higher intelligence?
I think all of these questions can make for interesting class discussions and debates. I can imagine organizing a debate on animal medical research, or on using animals in advertising, animals on factory farms, etc. This book could be taught in conjunction with Into the Wild, or at least by showing clips of that movie and discussing how Buck and Chris are alike. I would also like to conduct an activity where students explore their own “wild sides,” either through poems or personal narratives. They could provide examples of how they still feel natural instincts for which there is no logical explanation, and how they choose to act on or ignore those instincts.
5Q 4P
July 9, 2021
[3.5 stars overall]
[6/2/21, review of The Call of the Wild]
As a native of Oakland I should have read this years ago. I actually knew the story of this novella less well than I thought. The basic outline of a dog (part Saint Bernard and part Scottish Shepherd) who is stolen and made to be a sled dog in Alaska is all I knew. I was delighted to find it is actually told from the point of view of Buck the dog. London manages to deftly avoid (mostly) any anthropomorphizing, and so you have Buck's point of view throughout which believably reads as that of a dog. To be sure a noble and magnificent dog. A major virtue here is a complete lack of sentimentality. Buck had a great life before he was stolen, yet he spends little time mourning that life or his previous family. He doesn't have the luxury, as he's plunged into a life of hardship and sometimes dire abuse. He just adjusts and gets on with it. He eventually comes to take pride in being a sled dog, but the men (women are all but nonexistent here) continually go out of his life and new owners come into it. The worst stretch of Buck's life doesn't come from sadists, but rather incompetent greenhorns whose ignorance of life in the North results in terrible suffering among Buck and his mates. This section is genuinely hard to read. London cared passionately about the treatment of animals (he protested abuse of circus animals long before it was trendy) and spares the reader nothing here. Eventually Buck passes to the one owner he comes to love, John Thornton. But that isn't how the story ends; the title gives a clue to Buck's actual destiny. Four stars. I'll return to this review after I've read White Fang.
And when, on the still cold nights, he pointed his nose at a star and howled long and wolflike, it was his ancestors, dead and dust, pointing nose at star and howling down through the centuries and through him. And his cadences were their cadences, the cadences which voiced their woe and what to them was the meaning of the stillness, and the cold, and dark.
[7/9/21, review of White Fang]
White Fang is essentially the inverse story of The Call of the Wild, instead of a domesticated dog who learns to live wild, it's the story of a wolf cub (one quarter dog) who learns to live with humans. It has most of the same virtues of CotW, though at twice the length. The added length isn't a benefit, as CotW had a rushing momentum the longer story lacks. Again we get the unsentimental reality of dire abuse meted out to White Fang, and the predatory nature of life among the wild creatures of the frozen North. The opening sequence of a team of sled dogs and two men being stalked and hunted by a pack of wolves is maybe the high point, London excels in depicting the spartan implacable nature of what it takes to exist and go on existing in an unforgiving environment. A low point, alas, comes with a depiction of an Indian, Gray Beaver, who for a time is White Fang's owner. Not at first; initially a stoic and believable character, but when the plot needs to have White Fang fall into the hands of a vicious (white) dog fighter, in the space of two paragraphs Gray Beaver is turned into a foolish raging drunk who all but gives away his prized wolf in exchange for alcohol, because injuns can't hold their liquor, dontcha know? When White Fang leaves the North with his eventual final owner for Santa Clara Valley, some intensity is lost, though one can't begrudge the wolf a placid landing spot after all he's endured. In truth London was ahead of the pack in his insight that a vicious animal is made, not born. For most of the story White Fang, due to the vicious enmity of other dogs starting as a cub, comes to regard all other dogs as enemies and chooses a lonely solitude, becoming more savage than any creature he meets as a matter of survival. It takes alot for that to change, and only very, very gradually. Three stars.
[6/2/21, review of The Call of the Wild]
As a native of Oakland I should have read this years ago. I actually knew the story of this novella less well than I thought. The basic outline of a dog (part Saint Bernard and part Scottish Shepherd) who is stolen and made to be a sled dog in Alaska is all I knew. I was delighted to find it is actually told from the point of view of Buck the dog. London manages to deftly avoid (mostly) any anthropomorphizing, and so you have Buck's point of view throughout which believably reads as that of a dog. To be sure a noble and magnificent dog. A major virtue here is a complete lack of sentimentality. Buck had a great life before he was stolen, yet he spends little time mourning that life or his previous family. He doesn't have the luxury, as he's plunged into a life of hardship and sometimes dire abuse. He just adjusts and gets on with it. He eventually comes to take pride in being a sled dog, but the men (women are all but nonexistent here) continually go out of his life and new owners come into it. The worst stretch of Buck's life doesn't come from sadists, but rather incompetent greenhorns whose ignorance of life in the North results in terrible suffering among Buck and his mates. This section is genuinely hard to read. London cared passionately about the treatment of animals (he protested abuse of circus animals long before it was trendy) and spares the reader nothing here. Eventually Buck passes to the one owner he comes to love, John Thornton. But that isn't how the story ends; the title gives a clue to Buck's actual destiny. Four stars. I'll return to this review after I've read White Fang.
And when, on the still cold nights, he pointed his nose at a star and howled long and wolflike, it was his ancestors, dead and dust, pointing nose at star and howling down through the centuries and through him. And his cadences were their cadences, the cadences which voiced their woe and what to them was the meaning of the stillness, and the cold, and dark.
[7/9/21, review of White Fang]
White Fang is essentially the inverse story of The Call of the Wild, instead of a domesticated dog who learns to live wild, it's the story of a wolf cub (one quarter dog) who learns to live with humans. It has most of the same virtues of CotW, though at twice the length. The added length isn't a benefit, as CotW had a rushing momentum the longer story lacks. Again we get the unsentimental reality of dire abuse meted out to White Fang, and the predatory nature of life among the wild creatures of the frozen North. The opening sequence of a team of sled dogs and two men being stalked and hunted by a pack of wolves is maybe the high point, London excels in depicting the spartan implacable nature of what it takes to exist and go on existing in an unforgiving environment. A low point, alas, comes with a depiction of an Indian, Gray Beaver, who for a time is White Fang's owner. Not at first; initially a stoic and believable character, but when the plot needs to have White Fang fall into the hands of a vicious (white) dog fighter, in the space of two paragraphs Gray Beaver is turned into a foolish raging drunk who all but gives away his prized wolf in exchange for alcohol, because injuns can't hold their liquor, dontcha know? When White Fang leaves the North with his eventual final owner for Santa Clara Valley, some intensity is lost, though one can't begrudge the wolf a placid landing spot after all he's endured. In truth London was ahead of the pack in his insight that a vicious animal is made, not born. For most of the story White Fang, due to the vicious enmity of other dogs starting as a cub, comes to regard all other dogs as enemies and chooses a lonely solitude, becoming more savage than any creature he meets as a matter of survival. It takes alot for that to change, and only very, very gradually. Three stars.
January 21, 2024
4,5 ⭐️
I grew up loving the films, but I didn’t remember much of the stories.
I loved reading the stories now , although there were a lot of brutal scenes which broke my heart and made me feel very angry that there are people who can treat animals like that. Yeah, this is fiction, but still…
I did love the adventure and the feel of beautiful nature, the hope and perseverance.
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Quotes:
The Call of the Wild
There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise. And such is the paradox of living, this ecstasy comes when when one is most alive, and it comes as a complete forgetfulness that one is alive. This ecstasy, this forgetfulness of living, comes to the artist, caught up and out of himself in a sheet of flame; it comes to the soldier, war-mad on a stricken field and refusing quarter; and it came to Buck, leading the pack, sounding the old wolf-cry, straining after the food that was alive and that fled swiftly before him through the moonlight.
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White Fang
It was in the air. White Fang sensed the coming calamity, even before there was tangible evidence of it. In vague ways it was borne in upon him that a change was impending.
I grew up loving the films, but I didn’t remember much of the stories.
I loved reading the stories now , although there were a lot of brutal scenes which broke my heart and made me feel very angry that there are people who can treat animals like that. Yeah, this is fiction, but still…
I did love the adventure and the feel of beautiful nature, the hope and perseverance.
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Quotes:
The Call of the Wild
There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise. And such is the paradox of living, this ecstasy comes when when one is most alive, and it comes as a complete forgetfulness that one is alive. This ecstasy, this forgetfulness of living, comes to the artist, caught up and out of himself in a sheet of flame; it comes to the soldier, war-mad on a stricken field and refusing quarter; and it came to Buck, leading the pack, sounding the old wolf-cry, straining after the food that was alive and that fled swiftly before him through the moonlight.
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White Fang
It was in the air. White Fang sensed the coming calamity, even before there was tangible evidence of it. In vague ways it was borne in upon him that a change was impending.
May 30, 2020
Great descriptions, but don´t like the "humanisation" of animal feelings and actions.
July 21, 2013
I neither read the sypnosis nor did I have any idea about both the stories. Actually, I was provoked read them because of the special interest of Christopher McCandless in Jack London's tales.
Christopher is someone I admire alot (to know who he is read Into the Wild). He admired Jack London and his work very much. Christopher was a outdoor guy, a tramp. So I was expecting these stories to be some kind of adventure stories. But I was wrong.
This is a finest book, I've read on dogs/wolves. Personally, I am a dog lover so I was not so disappointed when I came to know this is completely not what I expected.
Jack London is one of the finest authors of those times. One can never understand a living being this much. He has his own style of expressing the situation. The fierceness, the softness, the love, the anger, each and every action of a dog is expressed very excellently by London.
Both the stories were very interesting. Probably, this is one of the longest reads of mine. I never wanted to rush through the book. No one ever wants to rush through this book. Every sentence, every expression of the story is felt when reading this. Both the stories, follow the dogs, even though tamed and bred by man since thousands of years, they carry the wild memories which are inherited from their ancestors. The want of the dogs to chase, hunt and feel the warm blood on their muzzle are still alive deep down inside their brains.
FINEST READ...
Christopher is someone I admire alot (to know who he is read Into the Wild). He admired Jack London and his work very much. Christopher was a outdoor guy, a tramp. So I was expecting these stories to be some kind of adventure stories. But I was wrong.
This is a finest book, I've read on dogs/wolves. Personally, I am a dog lover so I was not so disappointed when I came to know this is completely not what I expected.
Jack London is one of the finest authors of those times. One can never understand a living being this much. He has his own style of expressing the situation. The fierceness, the softness, the love, the anger, each and every action of a dog is expressed very excellently by London.
Both the stories were very interesting. Probably, this is one of the longest reads of mine. I never wanted to rush through the book. No one ever wants to rush through this book. Every sentence, every expression of the story is felt when reading this. Both the stories, follow the dogs, even though tamed and bred by man since thousands of years, they carry the wild memories which are inherited from their ancestors. The want of the dogs to chase, hunt and feel the warm blood on their muzzle are still alive deep down inside their brains.
FINEST READ...
May 31, 2020
In a letter to his publisher George Platt Brett, Jack London defined White Fang (1906) as “A complete antithesis to The Call of the Wild” (1903). While The Call of the Wild portrays the process by which Buck, a domestic dog, becomes gradually wilder driven by the attraction that the Wild exerts on him; White Fang narrates the life of an untamed wolf who, after being in contact with humans, becomes progressively civilised. Therefore, both stories share a common subject and yet face each other as two images reflected on a mirror. Thus, reading them together allows us to think about the many interactions between them.
In my opinion, one of the biggest merits of Jack London in these two works is the creation of a solid dog’s psychology, which he achieves through a complex narrative based on sensorial experiences and a code of knowledge reduced to an action-reaction system –in a dog-like way. In fact, his dog-characters are more credible than many human-characters of other books I have read.
Indeed, that doesn’t mean that there is not a certain degree of anthropomorphism in Buck’s and White Fang’s characters –after all, Jack London was writing for humans, and not for dogs. This anthropomorphism is especially notorious in the idea of the initiation journey present in both books -even if Buck’s and White Fang’s paths have an opposite direction, metaphorically and physically. This voyage of discovery may be clearer in The Call of the Wild, with its culmination in the adventure with the moose (almost a ritual sacrifice), but is also important in White Fang, though there it takes place in a more psychological level. The end of White Fang’s journey has some moral resonances, as the redemption of the main character, the unbeaten wolf-dog, comes precisely with his final defeat, so what happens next can be read as a kind of second life for White Fang.
In London’s narrative, the motor of this voyage is clearly double: on one hand, the Wild, with its unrestrained attraction, and on the other, the presence and actions of mankind. But the very nature of the Wild–this strong notion so central in London’s imaginary– is ambivalent: it delimits a space of terror, of savagery, but also a space of liberty, as Buck apprehends rapidly after arriving in Alaska. The same occurs with the dual nature of humans, who are capable of the highest and most noble deeds as well as the most despicable and stingy actions.
It is precisely the contact with the Northland and with the Wild in its purest form what reveals this radical human essence in its two forms: the good and the evil. Because humans themselves, uncovered of their clothes of civilisation, are part of the Wild as well, and the Wild is the fight of every being for its survival, beyond any convention (I wonder, in this regard, whether London was familiarised with Schopenhauer’s philosophy). Like the She-Wolf of the first chapters of White Fang –one of the most remarkable and disquieting openings I have ever read– attracts and seduces male dogs to their very death, the Wild attracts men with the promise of gold and adventures to finally divest them of everything but of their essential motives: greed, hate, cowardice, love.
How London manages to convert a story about dogs and wolves into a deep reflection of the human nature is part of the mystery surrounding his genius.
In my opinion, one of the biggest merits of Jack London in these two works is the creation of a solid dog’s psychology, which he achieves through a complex narrative based on sensorial experiences and a code of knowledge reduced to an action-reaction system –in a dog-like way. In fact, his dog-characters are more credible than many human-characters of other books I have read.
Indeed, that doesn’t mean that there is not a certain degree of anthropomorphism in Buck’s and White Fang’s characters –after all, Jack London was writing for humans, and not for dogs. This anthropomorphism is especially notorious in the idea of the initiation journey present in both books -even if Buck’s and White Fang’s paths have an opposite direction, metaphorically and physically. This voyage of discovery may be clearer in The Call of the Wild, with its culmination in the adventure with the moose (almost a ritual sacrifice), but is also important in White Fang, though there it takes place in a more psychological level. The end of White Fang’s journey has some moral resonances, as the redemption of the main character, the unbeaten wolf-dog, comes precisely with his final defeat, so what happens next can be read as a kind of second life for White Fang.
In London’s narrative, the motor of this voyage is clearly double: on one hand, the Wild, with its unrestrained attraction, and on the other, the presence and actions of mankind. But the very nature of the Wild–this strong notion so central in London’s imaginary– is ambivalent: it delimits a space of terror, of savagery, but also a space of liberty, as Buck apprehends rapidly after arriving in Alaska. The same occurs with the dual nature of humans, who are capable of the highest and most noble deeds as well as the most despicable and stingy actions.
It is precisely the contact with the Northland and with the Wild in its purest form what reveals this radical human essence in its two forms: the good and the evil. Because humans themselves, uncovered of their clothes of civilisation, are part of the Wild as well, and the Wild is the fight of every being for its survival, beyond any convention (I wonder, in this regard, whether London was familiarised with Schopenhauer’s philosophy). Like the She-Wolf of the first chapters of White Fang –one of the most remarkable and disquieting openings I have ever read– attracts and seduces male dogs to their very death, the Wild attracts men with the promise of gold and adventures to finally divest them of everything but of their essential motives: greed, hate, cowardice, love.
How London manages to convert a story about dogs and wolves into a deep reflection of the human nature is part of the mystery surrounding his genius.
January 14, 2024
White Fang 4.5/5, Call of the Wild 4/5, Total 4.25/5
Wow!! What a great story of wilderness and love.
Wow!! What a great story of wilderness and love.
December 25, 2016
The Call of the Wild - 5/5
Pros:
1. Interesting characters, from Buck (the shepherd x St Bernard), to Sol-leks (the half blind sled dog), to Perrault (the Frenchman), to Mercedes and John Thornton.
2. An vivid depiction of the gold rush in Northern North America which led to the need for sled-dogs
3. The author goes into the brutality of that time, in man and beast
4. Emotional moments
5. The writing is tight, with few words wasted
Cons:
1. None that I can think of. Probably just that it was too short. Characters and situations could have been expanded upon.
White Fang - 3/5
Pros:
1. Excellent introduction. Vivid and memorable
2. Wonderfully realistic (I think) depiction of the world from a newborn wolf's point of view.
3. One aches for the character. The author manages to manipulate one's emotions, so that one feels all the ranges.
Cons:
1. The author repeats himself over and over. This story could have been cut by a third. It felt like he was trying to make a point but either had no confidence in himself to carry it over, or had no confidence in the reader to understand him the first time.
2. The animal cruelty is hard to stomach.
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Of the two I enjoyed The Call of the Wild more. It was clear, concise and more to the point.
Pros:
1. Interesting characters, from Buck (the shepherd x St Bernard), to Sol-leks (the half blind sled dog), to Perrault (the Frenchman), to Mercedes and John Thornton.
2. An vivid depiction of the gold rush in Northern North America which led to the need for sled-dogs
3. The author goes into the brutality of that time, in man and beast
4. Emotional moments
5. The writing is tight, with few words wasted
Cons:
1. None that I can think of. Probably just that it was too short. Characters and situations could have been expanded upon.
White Fang - 3/5
Pros:
1. Excellent introduction. Vivid and memorable
2. Wonderfully realistic (I think) depiction of the world from a newborn wolf's point of view.
3. One aches for the character. The author manages to manipulate one's emotions, so that one feels all the ranges.
Cons:
1. The author repeats himself over and over. This story could have been cut by a third. It felt like he was trying to make a point but either had no confidence in himself to carry it over, or had no confidence in the reader to understand him the first time.
2. The animal cruelty is hard to stomach.
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Of the two I enjoyed The Call of the Wild more. It was clear, concise and more to the point.
December 10, 2018
3.5 out of 5 Stars
I think I liked Call of the Wild a little more than White Fang, but both are very great stories. I don't think I've ever read a book or story from the perspective of a wolf or dog, and Jack London captured the spirit of the wolf very well. It was also a book that captured the environment and showed just as much importance as the wolves themselves.
I think I liked Call of the Wild a little more than White Fang, but both are very great stories. I don't think I've ever read a book or story from the perspective of a wolf or dog, and Jack London captured the spirit of the wolf very well. It was also a book that captured the environment and showed just as much importance as the wolves themselves.
June 25, 2020
Review of "The Call of the Wild" (June 24th 2020)
I stumbled into the right mood to read "The Call of the Wild" which though initially a bit of a surprise to me seeing as how I'd never felt the desire to read the book, made complete sense in hindsight. I needed to be out in nature; a place far removed and as far removed from my current circumstance as I could imagine it. I needed the description of the wilderness; the ice-covered lakes and quiet. Things have been increasingly chaotic in my life, unravelling little frayed threads here and there, that the imagined effect of being immersed in this quiet wilderness was quite literally the best gift I could have given myself.
Buck, of course, threw a wrench into those plans with his gargantuan self taking over the air and the space in the room. Never does a moment go by that you forget you're seeing and feeling from the perspective of Buck, somewhat removed due to the presence of the narrator, but still. His forced acclimation from pampered house-dog to hard labour on a sled team in the Yukon is a painful thing to read, especially the brutal clubbing and whippings at the hands of his various owners. Even when we're told Buck experiences love for his last owner, John Thornton, Thornton uses him to win a bet in what I find to be ultimately crass and grossly capitalistic. While Buck isn't shown to be let down, it seemed like yet another sour mouthful for Buck.
In spite of these narrative bumps, ss you go along on Buck's journey, you may pause and think to yourself that London did try to do something special here with Buck's story. Whether he succeeded or not, and why, is up to you. But aside from the predictable sensate-heavy Buck (of course, I suppose), what really stands out for me is the ancestral memory that Buck experiences the closer he gets, geographically and behaviourally, to the untamed dense and dark forests. This will have me thinking for a few more days, that widening of the scope from Buck to dogs in general. I know I'll read this again, I have to. I also know I'll read more of London.
I stumbled into the right mood to read "The Call of the Wild" which though initially a bit of a surprise to me seeing as how I'd never felt the desire to read the book, made complete sense in hindsight. I needed to be out in nature; a place far removed and as far removed from my current circumstance as I could imagine it. I needed the description of the wilderness; the ice-covered lakes and quiet. Things have been increasingly chaotic in my life, unravelling little frayed threads here and there, that the imagined effect of being immersed in this quiet wilderness was quite literally the best gift I could have given myself.
Buck, of course, threw a wrench into those plans with his gargantuan self taking over the air and the space in the room. Never does a moment go by that you forget you're seeing and feeling from the perspective of Buck, somewhat removed due to the presence of the narrator, but still. His forced acclimation from pampered house-dog to hard labour on a sled team in the Yukon is a painful thing to read, especially the brutal clubbing and whippings at the hands of his various owners. Even when we're told Buck experiences love for his last owner, John Thornton, Thornton uses him to win a bet in what I find to be ultimately crass and grossly capitalistic. While Buck isn't shown to be let down, it seemed like yet another sour mouthful for Buck.
In spite of these narrative bumps, ss you go along on Buck's journey, you may pause and think to yourself that London did try to do something special here with Buck's story. Whether he succeeded or not, and why, is up to you. But aside from the predictable sensate-heavy Buck (of course, I suppose), what really stands out for me is the ancestral memory that Buck experiences the closer he gets, geographically and behaviourally, to the untamed dense and dark forests. This will have me thinking for a few more days, that widening of the scope from Buck to dogs in general. I know I'll read this again, I have to. I also know I'll read more of London.
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October 16, 2011 Are you special? Well of course you are! You are built up from your trials and pain. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Like White Fang, you are here for a purpose. Someday you'll realize what the purpose is.
White Fang by Jack London is an amazing story about a half-wolf, half-dog that goes through many struggles and truly learns about himself. He goes on a captivating journey of courage and strength; life. It also follows a team of sled dogs led by a man named Henry. It tells of their journeys and experiences that helps White Fang grow up.
Jack London's use of figurative language and amazing imagery make the story seem real. He uses amazing story telling and gives the book a real-life feel. It may be a little hard to grasp at first, but White Fang turns out to be a life-changing book. Jack London wrote this book to teach us a very important moral in life.
The theme of this book is quite simple. Through White Fang's struggles, he grew up. We must learn life's rules on our own and learn to take our own responsibility. Though we do have people to help us in life, we also have to pitch in on teaching ourselves. We are in charge of ourselves, our actions and our responsibilities.
This book is a great, heartwarming story for both children, young adults and adults. The story is easy to follow, and it has an amazing moral. I recommend this book to anyone that is in for an interesting story of love and rules of life. I hope you enjoy the book!
White Fang by Jack London is an amazing story about a half-wolf, half-dog that goes through many struggles and truly learns about himself. He goes on a captivating journey of courage and strength; life. It also follows a team of sled dogs led by a man named Henry. It tells of their journeys and experiences that helps White Fang grow up.
Jack London's use of figurative language and amazing imagery make the story seem real. He uses amazing story telling and gives the book a real-life feel. It may be a little hard to grasp at first, but White Fang turns out to be a life-changing book. Jack London wrote this book to teach us a very important moral in life.
The theme of this book is quite simple. Through White Fang's struggles, he grew up. We must learn life's rules on our own and learn to take our own responsibility. Though we do have people to help us in life, we also have to pitch in on teaching ourselves. We are in charge of ourselves, our actions and our responsibilities.
This book is a great, heartwarming story for both children, young adults and adults. The story is easy to follow, and it has an amazing moral. I recommend this book to anyone that is in for an interesting story of love and rules of life. I hope you enjoy the book!
August 8, 2011
Picked it up when I was on a shopping spree, I knew it was probably about dogs and wolves, but apart from that I didn't knew what to expect.
So, I just started reading and let the book surprise me.
I started with White Fang which, apart from some focus switches in the beginning, I ended up really liking. It was fast-paced action from the beginning to the end, I just couldn't put the book down. There is a healthy dose of violence, but it's far from over-the-top. Instead, it really adds something to the story.
After reading some other random book in between, I read Call of the Wild. It's only about half the length of White Fang, which makes it really short. The same fast-paced action from White Fang continues here.
The writing style in both books is pretty straightforward, nothing too complex, which I found good.
Overall, I have to admit that I like White Fang better, probably because it's just that little bit longer to add some more depth to the story. It may also be because that's the one I read first, so the writing style in Call of the Wild didn't captivate me any more, it was just the good story and action that kept me going. Both are very good reads though, definately recommending this to anyone.
So, I just started reading and let the book surprise me.
I started with White Fang which, apart from some focus switches in the beginning, I ended up really liking. It was fast-paced action from the beginning to the end, I just couldn't put the book down. There is a healthy dose of violence, but it's far from over-the-top. Instead, it really adds something to the story.
After reading some other random book in between, I read Call of the Wild. It's only about half the length of White Fang, which makes it really short. The same fast-paced action from White Fang continues here.
The writing style in both books is pretty straightforward, nothing too complex, which I found good.
Overall, I have to admit that I like White Fang better, probably because it's just that little bit longer to add some more depth to the story. It may also be because that's the one I read first, so the writing style in Call of the Wild didn't captivate me any more, it was just the good story and action that kept me going. Both are very good reads though, definately recommending this to anyone.
November 28, 2016
I read 'The call of the wild' in secondary school, so a few days ago I started out reading only White Fang.
After completing that, and reading the afterword, I was compelled to read TCOTW again and I do not regret it at all. It is still one of my favourite tales about animals and the wilds.
The total rating would be 4.5*'s but I can give TCOTW a hearty 5* rating. It was wonderful to read it again after so many years. It still captured that spirit of adventure, of danger and wild abandon. Mr London wrote marvelously.
I love Buck. He represents the unbreakable spirit and wild nature itself.
White Fang was a good read, some parts were hard, and I understand why animal lovers would object to the abuse, but I think they are missing the point of the author.
To reflect accurately the life and times of White Fang, he had to show how savage it was.
The two books make a powerful combination, and I am happy it was published in this format.
I will be rereading this in a couple of years.
After completing that, and reading the afterword, I was compelled to read TCOTW again and I do not regret it at all. It is still one of my favourite tales about animals and the wilds.
The total rating would be 4.5*'s but I can give TCOTW a hearty 5* rating. It was wonderful to read it again after so many years. It still captured that spirit of adventure, of danger and wild abandon. Mr London wrote marvelously.
I love Buck. He represents the unbreakable spirit and wild nature itself.
White Fang was a good read, some parts were hard, and I understand why animal lovers would object to the abuse, but I think they are missing the point of the author.
To reflect accurately the life and times of White Fang, he had to show how savage it was.
The two books make a powerful combination, and I am happy it was published in this format.
I will be rereading this in a couple of years.
July 7, 2009
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 confusing at times. By the middle of Chapter 5, I was reading it to myself and really not liking it much at all. But by the time 6 started (For the Love of Man) I wished my son were still willing to read along because it finally got GOOD. Only 7 chapters, it's a short story. I guess the first 5 have to break an otherwise domestic dog so that he in the end can reign well in the wild, not needing the companionship of man that he's learned to distrust.
Now onto White Fang ...
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 confusing at times. By the middle of Chapter 5, I was reading it to myself and really not liking it much at all. But by the time 6 started (For the Love of Man) I wished my son were still willing to read along because it finally got GOOD. Only 7 chapters, it's a short story. I guess the first 5 have to break an otherwise domestic dog so that he in the end can reign well in the wild, not needing the companionship of man that he's learned to distrust.
Now onto White Fang ...
October 1, 2016
It'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 is it could have gone so much further in exposing the cruel nature of humankind.
August 3, 2019
White Fang & The Call of the Wild
White Fang is a novel written by American author Jack London (1876–1916) about the book’s 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 his lonely world, he soon learns to follow the harsh law of the North--kill or be killed. But nothing in White Fang's life can prepare him for the cruel owner who turns him into a vicious killer. Will White Fang ever know the kindness of a gentle master?" -Book Blurb
White Fang goes through several masters, while some are abusive others are simply cold. He learns to have a cruelty in order to survive. It is all he knows since he doesn’t know human kindness. Eat or be eaten is the law which guides him, from the wild slowly into domestication. Though as a domesticated animal that law becomes less useful or important. Will he ever find a safe place, with a master that will not harm him?
White Fang was a very exciting and interesting book. I would definitely recommend this book to fans of Jack London, and for those interested in reading stories from an animal perspective. It was a very powerful and compelling book. I would recommend this book though it is not for the faint of heart, as it contains a fair amount of violence and abuse towards animals.
[OFFICIAL RATING: 5 STARS]
FURTHER QUOTATIONS:
"And so it came that White Fang learned that the right to punish was something the gods reserved for themselves and denied to the lesser creatures under them.”
"It was the masterful and incommunicable wisdom of eternity laughing at the futility of life and the effort of life. It was the Wild, the savage, frozen-hearted Northland Wild."
"Out of this pack-persecution he learned two important things: how to take care of himself in a mass-fight against him; and how, on a single dog, to inflict the greatest amount of damage in the briefest space of time.”
"The pitch to which he was aroused was tremendous. All the fighting blood of his breed was up in him and surging through him. This was living., though he did not know it. He was realizing his own meaning in the world; he was doing that for which he was made.... He was justifying his existence, than which life can do no greater; for life achieves its summit when it does to the uttermost that which it was equipped to do.”
"But there were other forces at work in the cub, the greatest of which was growth. Instinct and law demanded of him obedience. But growth demanded disobedience...In the end, one day, fear and obedience were swept away by the rush of life, and the cub straddled and sprawled toward the entrance.”
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"He was beaten (he knew that); but he was not broken.”
The Call of the Wild, by Jack London, is one of the most memorable and perhaps beloved of all his books.
"First published in 1903, The Call of the Wild is regarded as Jack London's masterpiece. Based on London's experiences as a gold prospector in the Canadian wilderness and his ideas about nature and the struggle for existence, The Call of the Wild is a tale about unbreakable spirit and the fight for survival in the frozen Alaskan Klondike." -Book Blurb
Buck, an enviously powerful dog, half St. Bernard and half sheepdog, lives on Judge Miller’s estate in California’s Santa Clara Valley, where he leads an enjoyable life, but it comes to an end when men discover gold in the Klondike region of Canada and a great demand arises for strong dogs to pull sleds. Buck is kidnapped by a gardener on the Miller estate and sold to dog traders, who teach Buck to obey by beating him with a club and, subsequently, ship him north to the Klondike to work pulling sleds.
"He had been suddenly jerked from the heart of civilization and flung into the heart of things primordial.”
Buck begins to adjust to the harsh life as a sled dog. He also begins to recover the instincts of his wild ancestors by learning to fight, scavenge for food, and sleep beneath the snow on winter nights. At the same time, he develops a fierce rivalry with another dog. It is a very exciting tale to be sure.
"He was a killer, a thing that preyed, living on the things that lived, unaided, alone, by virtue of his own strength and prowess, surviving triumphantly in a hostile environment where only the strong survive.”
I would recommend The Call of the Wild, to those willing to enjoy a moving adventure story with animal leads, a story that can often be harsh and grim. It is a great book, well written and full of adventure, and above all it is a survival story. I must warn, however, there is a fair amount of animal violence, some of it humans abusing the dogs and some of the violence takes place between the dogs themselves. Still, this may be disturbing to some readers. Not for the faint of heart.
[OFFICIAL RATING: 4.5 STARS]
FURTHER QUOTATIONS:
"He was mastered by the sheer surging of life, the tidal wave of being, the perfect joy of each separate muscle, joint, and sinew in that it was everything that was not death, that it was aglow and rampant, expressing itself in movement, flying exultantly under the stars.”
"There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise. And such is the paradox of living, this ecstasy comes when one is most alive, and it comes as a complete forgetfulness that one is alive. This ecstasy, this forgetfulness of living, comes to the artist, caught up and out of himself in a sheet of flame; it comes to the soldier, war-mad in a stricken field and refusing quarter; and it came to Buck, leading the pack, sounding the old wolf-cry, straining after the food that was alive and that fled swiftly before him through the moonlight.”
"But especially he loved to run in the dim twilight of the summer midnights, listening to the subdued and sleepy murmurs of the forest, reading signs and sounds as a man may read a book, and seeking for the mysterious something that called -- called, waking or sleeping, at all times, for him to come.”
"He must master or be mastered; while to show mercy was a weakness. mercy did not exist in the primordial life. It was misunderstood for fear, and such misunderstandings made for death. Kill or be killed, eat or be eaten, was the law; and this mandate, down out of the depths of Time, he obeyed."
"Deep in the forest a call was sounding, and as often as he heard this call, mysteriously thrilling and luring, he felt compelled to turn his back upon the fire and the beaten earth around it, and to plunge into the forest, and on and on, he knew not where or why; nor did he wonder where or why, the call sounding imperiously, deep in the forest.”
"He was sounding the deeps of his nature, and of the parts of his nature that were deeper than he, going back into the womb of Time.”
"For the pride of trace and trail was his, and sick unto death, he could not bear that another dog should do his work.”
"In this manner had fought forgotten ancestors. They quickened the old life within him, the old tricks which they had stamped into the heredity of the breed were his tricks... And when, on the still cold nights, he pointed his nose at a star and howled long and wolflike, it was his ancestors, dead and dust, pointing nose at star and howling down through the centuries and through him.”
White Fang is a novel written by American author Jack London (1876–1916) about the book’s 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 his lonely world, he soon learns to follow the harsh law of the North--kill or be killed. But nothing in White Fang's life can prepare him for the cruel owner who turns him into a vicious killer. Will White Fang ever know the kindness of a gentle master?" -Book Blurb
White Fang goes through several masters, while some are abusive others are simply cold. He learns to have a cruelty in order to survive. It is all he knows since he doesn’t know human kindness. Eat or be eaten is the law which guides him, from the wild slowly into domestication. Though as a domesticated animal that law becomes less useful or important. Will he ever find a safe place, with a master that will not harm him?
White Fang was a very exciting and interesting book. I would definitely recommend this book to fans of Jack London, and for those interested in reading stories from an animal perspective. It was a very powerful and compelling book. I would recommend this book though it is not for the faint of heart, as it contains a fair amount of violence and abuse towards animals.
[OFFICIAL RATING: 5 STARS]
FURTHER QUOTATIONS:
"And so it came that White Fang learned that the right to punish was something the gods reserved for themselves and denied to the lesser creatures under them.”
"It was the masterful and incommunicable wisdom of eternity laughing at the futility of life and the effort of life. It was the Wild, the savage, frozen-hearted Northland Wild."
"Out of this pack-persecution he learned two important things: how to take care of himself in a mass-fight against him; and how, on a single dog, to inflict the greatest amount of damage in the briefest space of time.”
"The pitch to which he was aroused was tremendous. All the fighting blood of his breed was up in him and surging through him. This was living., though he did not know it. He was realizing his own meaning in the world; he was doing that for which he was made.... He was justifying his existence, than which life can do no greater; for life achieves its summit when it does to the uttermost that which it was equipped to do.”
"But there were other forces at work in the cub, the greatest of which was growth. Instinct and law demanded of him obedience. But growth demanded disobedience...In the end, one day, fear and obedience were swept away by the rush of life, and the cub straddled and sprawled toward the entrance.”
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"He was beaten (he knew that); but he was not broken.”
The Call of the Wild, by Jack London, is one of the most memorable and perhaps beloved of all his books.
"First published in 1903, The Call of the Wild is regarded as Jack London's masterpiece. Based on London's experiences as a gold prospector in the Canadian wilderness and his ideas about nature and the struggle for existence, The Call of the Wild is a tale about unbreakable spirit and the fight for survival in the frozen Alaskan Klondike." -Book Blurb
Buck, an enviously powerful dog, half St. Bernard and half sheepdog, lives on Judge Miller’s estate in California’s Santa Clara Valley, where he leads an enjoyable life, but it comes to an end when men discover gold in the Klondike region of Canada and a great demand arises for strong dogs to pull sleds. Buck is kidnapped by a gardener on the Miller estate and sold to dog traders, who teach Buck to obey by beating him with a club and, subsequently, ship him north to the Klondike to work pulling sleds.
"He had been suddenly jerked from the heart of civilization and flung into the heart of things primordial.”
Buck begins to adjust to the harsh life as a sled dog. He also begins to recover the instincts of his wild ancestors by learning to fight, scavenge for food, and sleep beneath the snow on winter nights. At the same time, he develops a fierce rivalry with another dog. It is a very exciting tale to be sure.
"He was a killer, a thing that preyed, living on the things that lived, unaided, alone, by virtue of his own strength and prowess, surviving triumphantly in a hostile environment where only the strong survive.”
I would recommend The Call of the Wild, to those willing to enjoy a moving adventure story with animal leads, a story that can often be harsh and grim. It is a great book, well written and full of adventure, and above all it is a survival story. I must warn, however, there is a fair amount of animal violence, some of it humans abusing the dogs and some of the violence takes place between the dogs themselves. Still, this may be disturbing to some readers. Not for the faint of heart.
[OFFICIAL RATING: 4.5 STARS]
FURTHER QUOTATIONS:
"He was mastered by the sheer surging of life, the tidal wave of being, the perfect joy of each separate muscle, joint, and sinew in that it was everything that was not death, that it was aglow and rampant, expressing itself in movement, flying exultantly under the stars.”
"There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise. And such is the paradox of living, this ecstasy comes when one is most alive, and it comes as a complete forgetfulness that one is alive. This ecstasy, this forgetfulness of living, comes to the artist, caught up and out of himself in a sheet of flame; it comes to the soldier, war-mad in a stricken field and refusing quarter; and it came to Buck, leading the pack, sounding the old wolf-cry, straining after the food that was alive and that fled swiftly before him through the moonlight.”
"But especially he loved to run in the dim twilight of the summer midnights, listening to the subdued and sleepy murmurs of the forest, reading signs and sounds as a man may read a book, and seeking for the mysterious something that called -- called, waking or sleeping, at all times, for him to come.”
"He must master or be mastered; while to show mercy was a weakness. mercy did not exist in the primordial life. It was misunderstood for fear, and such misunderstandings made for death. Kill or be killed, eat or be eaten, was the law; and this mandate, down out of the depths of Time, he obeyed."
"Deep in the forest a call was sounding, and as often as he heard this call, mysteriously thrilling and luring, he felt compelled to turn his back upon the fire and the beaten earth around it, and to plunge into the forest, and on and on, he knew not where or why; nor did he wonder where or why, the call sounding imperiously, deep in the forest.”
"He was sounding the deeps of his nature, and of the parts of his nature that were deeper than he, going back into the womb of Time.”
"For the pride of trace and trail was his, and sick unto death, he could not bear that another dog should do his work.”
"In this manner had fought forgotten ancestors. They quickened the old life within him, the old tricks which they had stamped into the heredity of the breed were his tricks... And when, on the still cold nights, he pointed his nose at a star and howled long and wolflike, it was his ancestors, dead and dust, pointing nose at star and howling down through the centuries and through him.”
April 4, 2020
Call Of The Wild ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
This book has so much atmosphere, imagery and emotion. It has a fast paced narrative that often had me holding my breath in either hope or despair.
People and dogs are pitted against the harsh elements, each other and the environment in which they live.
After reading this book I understand the title “Call Of The Wild”. It is used to describe Buck’s calling to the past where he is drawn deeper and deeper to his predecessors. He transforms from family pet to a dog in the wild with wolf like and feral behaviour.
This is a remarkable story. Cruel at times but also showing what a dog will do for the love of man.
This one pleasantly surprised me and is now a firm favourite.
“Man and the claims of man no longer bound him.”
White Fang ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
This is the first paragraph and already I’m captivated.
“Dark spruce forest frowned on either side of the frozen waterway. The trees have been stripped by a recent wind of the white covering of frost, and they seem to lean towards each other, black and ominous, in the fading light. A vast silence reigned over the land. The land itself was a desolation, lifeless, without movement, so lone and cold that the spirit of it was not even that of sadness. There was a hint hint of laughter, but of a laughter more terrible than any sadness – a laughter that was mirthless as the smile of the Sphinx, a laughter cold as the frost and partaking of the grimness of infallibility. It was the masterful and incommunicable wisdom of eternity laughing at the futility of life and the effort of life. It was the Wild, savage, frozen-hearted Northland Wild.”
I loved this story nearly as much as Call Of The Wild.
A wild wolf/dog that eventually becomes tamed.
Both of these stories are about the wilderness and have so much atmosphere. The animal cruelty at times is hard to read but true to life in the wild. Jack London is a remarkable storyteller and I feel that the books stand the test of time and in no way feel dated in their writing style.
This book has so much atmosphere, imagery and emotion. It has a fast paced narrative that often had me holding my breath in either hope or despair.
People and dogs are pitted against the harsh elements, each other and the environment in which they live.
After reading this book I understand the title “Call Of The Wild”. It is used to describe Buck’s calling to the past where he is drawn deeper and deeper to his predecessors. He transforms from family pet to a dog in the wild with wolf like and feral behaviour.
This is a remarkable story. Cruel at times but also showing what a dog will do for the love of man.
This one pleasantly surprised me and is now a firm favourite.
“Man and the claims of man no longer bound him.”
White Fang ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
This is the first paragraph and already I’m captivated.
“Dark spruce forest frowned on either side of the frozen waterway. The trees have been stripped by a recent wind of the white covering of frost, and they seem to lean towards each other, black and ominous, in the fading light. A vast silence reigned over the land. The land itself was a desolation, lifeless, without movement, so lone and cold that the spirit of it was not even that of sadness. There was a hint hint of laughter, but of a laughter more terrible than any sadness – a laughter that was mirthless as the smile of the Sphinx, a laughter cold as the frost and partaking of the grimness of infallibility. It was the masterful and incommunicable wisdom of eternity laughing at the futility of life and the effort of life. It was the Wild, savage, frozen-hearted Northland Wild.”
I loved this story nearly as much as Call Of The Wild.
A wild wolf/dog that eventually becomes tamed.
Both of these stories are about the wilderness and have so much atmosphere. The animal cruelty at times is hard to read but true to life in the wild. Jack London is a remarkable storyteller and I feel that the books stand the test of time and in no way feel dated in their writing style.
March 27, 2021
Storytel'de Reha Özcan seslendirmesi ile dinledim. Hiç fena değildi seslendirme. Tavsiye ediyorum dinlemek isteyenlere.
Bir çiftlikte rahat rahat yaşamakta olan Buck isimli bir köpeğin çalınarak soğuk ve zorlu kuzey bölgesine satılmasını, Buck’ın buraya adapte olma sürecini, farklı sahipleri ile yaşadığı farklı ilişkileri ve kitaba ismini de veren çağrı ile özüne dönüşünü anlatıyor kitap. Eğer yanlış okumadıysam London’ın kendisi de Gold Rush döneminde yaşamış ancak başarılı olamamış, yaşadığı zorlukları da kitap yazarak aşmayı başarmış. Vahşetin Çağrısı ise ününü duyurduğu ilk kitap imiş, yani nedense kitap bana biraz biyografi gibi geldi biraz (tabii buraları tamamen sallıyor da olabilirim).
Okuduktan sonra diğer incelemeleri de okuyorum kendim bir iki cümle yazmadan önce çünkü genelde gizli fikirleri ortaya çıkarma konusunda pek başarılı olamıyorum. Bu kitapta da canlının içinde bulunduğu ortama adapte olması, çevre faktörlerinin yaşamını etkilemesi haricinde bir alt metin vardıysa da ben göremedim. Genel olarak Beyaz Diş ile çok benzetilen (henüz okumadım) bu kitabı sevdim ama hayatımda yer edeceğini şu aşamada sanmıyorum. Belki birkaç inceleme daha okursam fikrim değişir ama şu aşamada beni pek etkileyemedi maalesef.
Yanlış anlaşılmak istemem tabii ki, hiç sıkılmadım dinlerken, bazen üzüldüm bazen de Buck için sevindim ama çok daha etkileyici kitaplar okuduğum için olsa gerek, hayatıma iz bırakmadı. Örneğin London'ın Martin Eden kitabı çok daha etkileyicidir (karşılaştırma amaçlı yazmadım elbette).
Kitaba notum 7/10. Beyaz Diş sonrası belki güncellerim ama şu aşamada Jack London okumaya başlamak isteyenler için gayet uygun görünüyor (sanırım ilk kitabı olsa gerek).
Bir çiftlikte rahat rahat yaşamakta olan Buck isimli bir köpeğin çalınarak soğuk ve zorlu kuzey bölgesine satılmasını, Buck’ın buraya adapte olma sürecini, farklı sahipleri ile yaşadığı farklı ilişkileri ve kitaba ismini de veren çağrı ile özüne dönüşünü anlatıyor kitap. Eğer yanlış okumadıysam London’ın kendisi de Gold Rush döneminde yaşamış ancak başarılı olamamış, yaşadığı zorlukları da kitap yazarak aşmayı başarmış. Vahşetin Çağrısı ise ününü duyurduğu ilk kitap imiş, yani nedense kitap bana biraz biyografi gibi geldi biraz (tabii buraları tamamen sallıyor da olabilirim).
Okuduktan sonra diğer incelemeleri de okuyorum kendim bir iki cümle yazmadan önce çünkü genelde gizli fikirleri ortaya çıkarma konusunda pek başarılı olamıyorum. Bu kitapta da canlının içinde bulunduğu ortama adapte olması, çevre faktörlerinin yaşamını etkilemesi haricinde bir alt metin vardıysa da ben göremedim. Genel olarak Beyaz Diş ile çok benzetilen (henüz okumadım) bu kitabı sevdim ama hayatımda yer edeceğini şu aşamada sanmıyorum. Belki birkaç inceleme daha okursam fikrim değişir ama şu aşamada beni pek etkileyemedi maalesef.
Yanlış anlaşılmak istemem tabii ki, hiç sıkılmadım dinlerken, bazen üzüldüm bazen de Buck için sevindim ama çok daha etkileyici kitaplar okuduğum için olsa gerek, hayatıma iz bırakmadı. Örneğin London'ın Martin Eden kitabı çok daha etkileyicidir (karşılaştırma amaçlı yazmadım elbette).
Kitaba notum 7/10. Beyaz Diş sonrası belki güncellerim ama şu aşamada Jack London okumaya başlamak isteyenler için gayet uygun görünüyor (sanırım ilk kitabı olsa gerek).
December 4, 2017
Тези две книги са идеалният комплект, но попаднаха в ръцете ми в неподходящо време. Не върви да ги четеш пролетно време, когато всичко се събужда за нов живот. Още по-малко пък под жарките лъчи на лятното слънце. Когато земята се покрие с разноцветни листа моментът наближава, но все още не е настъпил. Но когато първите снегове покрият всичко с бялата си завивка, ти хванеш влака през преспите и отидеш да си починеш на село за събота и неделя, а бабината печка на дърва бумти приятно в ъгъла на стаята... Ето, това вече е точният миг! Идилията е пълна и аз разгръщам „Белия зъб” и „Дивото зове” – безсмъртните класики на Джек Лондон, пълноправно допълнение към луксозната колекция „Върхове” на издателство „Изток-Запад” и по традиция илюстрирани от художника Петър Станимиров. Прочетете ревюто на "Книжни Криле":
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August 15, 2020
As great as I remembered it....probably more so......I read it , the first and only time, when I was 12. My first reread, today, at the age of 60. My bookclub did this one and we talked about how much we enjoyed it as kids, as an adventure story, but with years behind us now...how much we really loved it,and its adult themes, and lessons on the loss, heartbreak,and resiliency of Buck,and John.......of living through the abuse and the incredible love between a man and his dog. Wonderful story, at any age!
May 29, 2015
I purchased and read separate books, but I'll write one summary here.
Jack London was another one of those great writers who died too young, at only age 40. Born John Griffith Chaney, writer of Call of the Wild, White Fang and The Sea Wolf and numerous other works. He was burdened by illnesses and disease, and like Ernest Hemingway, some suspected he committed suicide because he was taking heavy dozes of morphine for his pain and he, like Hemingway, was a heavy drinker, so an accidental or deliberate overdose leaves the world with something to gossip about, controversy and dark. On the brighter side, this man who lived such a short life like many of the great writers of my childhood think tank created one masterpiece after another that not only survived time-tested history for my birth some 37 years after his death but still to this very day nearly 100 years after his death.
Another one of my childhood storyteller favorites whom I re-read as an adult…in the days when morality, good behavior and character were told by the storytellers who fascinated us with tales of good verses evil. Courage, bravery, wit, survival, were taught by examples, the author in a godlike fashion would create the characters to play the role of the messenger, without overbearing or boring preaching. Where writing was showing, not telling and reading was a stimulant to the mind’s imagination. You could place yourself in the remote wilderness of Alaska north country--or the Canadian North for White Fang. Johnny Horton might be singing one of his songs in the back ground, “North to Alaska,”… Songs I still use today to exercise with and like a drunken closet drinker, using my headphones so the modern world don’t hear my excursions to the imaginary world of yesterday that I visit--or re-visit--that also helps shape my characters and fortify my own writing without a hint of plagiarism or unethical encroachment on the masters of creativity’s masterpieces.
Reading as a child, especially the works of the masters like Jack London, was instrumental in my desire to be a writer. Write what you read and read what you write. They hang stars in the sky so you can gaze at them, and they untie them so they can fall and you can admire the beauty of even a falling star. Life, like death, has no bounds. Destiny is what it is. We can only take the journey and hope the cards and the stars fall in our favor. Books like White Fang, the Call of the Wild, Christmas Horse, Shane, The Little Red Pony, The Wizard of Oz, Alice In The Wonderland, Lassie, Black Beauty, My Friend Flicka, and hundreds more, stimulate the child’s and adult’s mind alike to dare to go on that journey in the remote wilderness like Alaska or Canada and find the story of your life… Good books, or should I say, good reads, don’t always have to be door stopping War & Peace. In fact some of the very best books on my home library bookshelves are less than 200 pages long and classics from the day they were printed, some even before I was born. A good story is just that. It has no secret ingredient to the length or the demand. Only the market will dictate a good story and novels like Jack London’s White Fang and Call of the Wild are timeless and priceless to those who pay attention to what they are reading.
London was a pioneer in many things, in writing and in animal rights advocacy and drawing attention to unnecessary cruelty to animals. And all animals lovers ought to love him for that. Cover jackets of Call of the Wild show the traditional Husky, but Buck wasn’t Husky, or wolf or even a Northern dog, he was a Californian domesticated Saint Bernard-Scotch-Collie. A Scotch-Collie or just simply Collie is what Lassie was, hardly a sled dog. Shepherd, as in sheep dog shepherding the sheep is what kind of dog Buck was with the other half being Saint Bernard. I had a Saint Bernard named Brady, a large dog, strong as an ox and winter’s cold weather is where they perform their best. But Buck was abducted and like White Fang, forced into cruel existences by their brutal masters who made them fight other dogs for survival. London put something else in these two books, White Fang and The Call of the Wild, something almost subliminal--tyranny and suppression. Only he used animals instead of humans to demonstrate those evils. Both books are set during the Alaskan Gold Rush. Both dogs, Buck in the Call of the Wild and White Fang, the book’s namesake, a wild wolfdog, were victors in some vicious dog fights, torturous journeys and blessed in survival by near death and triumphed to the ultimate freedom and independence by the time the stories ended. How many humans had traced a similar life--shadowed the same fate--from the dark corners of this world to liberty?
All of London’s works are good reads. London was a master at what he did, told stories as a brilliant storyteller. Most of the books I review I leave 5 stars because before I open a book or purchase one I thoroughly research the book and I already know it is a good one before I spend the time with it. London’s novels, if one pays attention to the subliminal detail, are superior reads considering they were written more than a century ago and the reality of those stories live on today, unfortunately, in the lives and deaths of humans and animals.
January 7, 2021
Bir insan köpeğin gözlerinden bu kadar mı güzel anlatır...
3 gündür kendimi Beyaz Diş olarak görüyorum, kah Alaska’da, kah Kaliforniya’da; gelinciklerle, vaşaklarla savaşıyorum.
1995 yılında aldığım ve geç olsun güç olmasın diyerek başladığım kitap beni gerçekten derinden etkiledi. Büyüksün Jack London. İyi ki düşmüşsün o altının peşine...
3 gündür kendimi Beyaz Diş olarak görüyorum, kah Alaska’da, kah Kaliforniya’da; gelinciklerle, vaşaklarla savaşıyorum.
1995 yılında aldığım ve geç olsun güç olmasın diyerek başladığım kitap beni gerçekten derinden etkiledi. Büyüksün Jack London. İyi ki düşmüşsün o altının peşine...
April 28, 2020
Sympa ^^
August 15, 2022
3,75 sterren - Nederlandse paperback
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