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"Quando io e voi, addormentati o assopiti, cadiamo attraverso lo spazio e torniamo in noi con una sensazione di batticuore, proprio nell'attimo immediatamente prima di fracassarci le ossa al suolo, non facciamo che ricordarci di quel che avvenne ai nostri antenati arboricoli e che si è impresso, per le successive modificazioni cerebrali, nell'eredità della specie."

Jack London worshiped strong and virtuous heroes, and his stories give great weight to the inevitable triumph of good over evil. His telling of the adventures of Humphrey van Weydon in The Sea Wolf is in keeping with this theme of moral man. His powerful and gripping saga of van Weydon's capture by a seal-hunting ship and the ensuing tangles with its dreaded captain, Wolf Larsen, makes this a classic American tale of peril and victory.

Un homme blessé, épuisé, est abandonné par son compagnon dans le désert du Grand Nord canadien. Malgré le supplice que lui impose la faim et qui l'accompagne continuellement, il poursuit inexorablement son chemin poussé par la petite flamme de vie qui brille encore en lui. Un loup, également blessé et affamé, le suit en permanence. Tous deux à bout de forces se surveillent mutuellement tout en se traînant sur la glace : qui mangera l'autre ? Qui survivra ?

Buck est un chien de compagnie qui vit une paisible existence chez son maître. Tout bascule lorsqu'il est enlevé puis vendu à un maître de chiens de traîneau qui l'emmène dans le grand Nord. Il doit alors apprendre à se battre contre le froid et contre les autres, pour imposer sa place dans la meute. Peu à peu, ses instincts naturels refont surface et Buck devient ce qu'il a toujours été sans le savoir : un animal sauvage qui ne cherche pas la compagnie des hommes.

A man with no name follows a wandering path into the frozen Klondike. And here, deep in the heart of God's country, he is forced to pit his will, mind, and spirit against the forces of Mother Nature herself.

Croc-Blanc, un jeune chien-loup, vit en proie aux méchancetés d'hommes obnubilés par une ruée impitoyable vers l'or. Il en vient même à risquer sa vie et c'est alors qu'enfin les hommes vont lui montrer un autre visage de l'humanité.

White Fang is a unique novel that explores the relationship between man and nature in this three- part novel by Jack London. Part one is written in the perspective of a man who, along with a partner, are transporting a body back to the city. In the dead of winter, with no food and low on ammunition, the two men are confronted by a cunning she-wolf who lures most of their dogs away one by one. Eventually, one man is killed by a hungry wolf pack and the other must learn try to survive as the wolf pack is on his tail.

Questo breve romanzo, pubblicato nel 1903, e considerato uno dei più famosi di Jack London, è stato per molto tempo catalogo come letteratura per ragazzi. Ma l'ambientazione nello Yukon, durante la caccia all'oro, la vita brutale e di violenza scatenata dalla cupidigia che caratterizzò quel periodo può servire solo come monito ed esempio negativo.

This collection features a selection of classic short stories and poems by legendary Western authors Stephen Crane, Bret Harte, and Jack London.

Represented here are 16 short stories by seven great American writers, dating from the 19th and 20th centuries. Different in atmosphere and writing style, they nevertheless caught the mood and concerns of the day in a way that was distinctly American.

The Call of the Wild takes the listener on an epic adventure during the Klondike Gold Rush during the 1890s. Buck, a four-year-old St. Bernard and Scotch sheppard crossbreed, is a dog born to luxury and raised in a sheltered Californian home. Then he is kidnapped and shipped to the cold bleakness of the Arctic to work with Klondike gold miners. Passed from master to master, Buck embarks on an extraordinary journey that tells the tale of his unbreakable spirit.

"Rozhdennaja v nochi" - sbornik rasskazov amerikanskogo pisatelja Dzheka Londona. Opublikovan v 1913 godu. Geroi rasskazov - sil'nye i muzhestvennye ljudi, kotorym v zhizni vypadaet nemalo ispytanij, no nesgibaemaja volja, ostroe zhelanie borot'sja za svoju zhizn' i svoe mesto "pod solncem" ne pokidajut ih. Zdes' net mesta miloserdiju, nereshitel'nost' pochitaetsja za trusost' i vedet k gibeli.

"Bog ego otcov" - sbornik rasskazov amerikanskogo pisatelja Dzheka Londona. Opublikovan v 1901 godu. Rasskazy sbornika posvjashheny zhizni na Aljaske vo vremena zolotoj lihoradki.

"Kogda bogi smejutsja" - sbornik rasskazov amerikanskogo pisatelja Dzheka Londona. Opublikovan v 1911 godu. Geroi rasskazov - sil'nye i muzhestvennye ljudi, kotorym v zhizni vypadaet nemalo ispytanij, no nesgibaemaja volja, ostroe zhelanie borot'sja za svoju zhizn' i svoe mesto "pod solncem" ne pokidajut ih. Zdes' net mesta miloserdiju, nereshitel'nost' pochitaetsja za trusost' i vedet k gibeli.

"Deti moroza" - sbornik rasskazov amerikanskogo pisatelja Dzheka Londona. Opublikovan v 1902 godu, odin iz pervyh sbornikov, vyshedshih otdel'nymi izdanijami. Rasskazy sbornika posvjashheny zhizni amerikancev-zolotoiskatelej i korennyh zhitelej na dal'nem severe.

Povest' populyarnogo amerikanskogo pisatelya Dzheka Londona "Do Adama" predstavlyaet soboy original'nye vospominaniya sovremennogo cheloveka o svoem doistoricheskom proshlom, kogda on nahodilsya na stadii perekhoda ot obez'yany k cheloveku. ZHizn' ehtogo strannogo dikogo sushchestva pokazana stol' potryasayushche yarko i hudozhestvenno dostoverno, chto ona ne mozhet ne vyzvat' interesa u ego dalekih potomkov.

The Call of the Wild is a tale of instincts and wilderness, man and wild, work and loyalty. Written and published by Jack London in the early 1900s, the novel has become one of the pinnacles of American literature, as it details the sheer willpower and stamina at the heart of the country during the Klondike Gold Rush of the 1890s. The main character is a large dog named Buck who is stolen and sold to dog traders where he is forced to work during the madness that is the Gold Rush.

Jeder backt mal kleine Brötchen - auch Jack London fing als Verfasser von Groschenromanen an. Zwei seiner früheren Erzählungen sind in diesem Hörbuch zu finden. Western-Heros live forever. Peng Peng: "Das Gesetz des Lebens" und "Der Sohn des Wolfes".

Izdanie soderzhit znamenityj sbornik rasskazov "Hram gordyni" ( The House of Pride) vydajushhegosja amerikanskogo pisatelja Dzheka Londona (1876-1916). Soderzhanie: Hram gordyni. Kulau-prokazhennyj. Proshhaj Dzhek. Aloha oje. Chun-a-chun. Sherif kony.

"Dzhon Jachmennoe Zerno" (povest') - avtobiograficheskaja povest' Dzheka Londona, rasskazyvajushhaja o zhizni pisatelja svjazannoj s vypivkoj. Povest' byla opublikovana v 1913 godu. Nazvanie vzjato iz britanskoj narodnoj pesni Dzhon Jachmennoe Zerno. Istorija o tom kak chelovek stanovit'sja alkogolikom, ego oshhushhenija i videnija, bor'ba s tjazhelym nedugom - vse jeto opisano krasochno, jarko, i v tozhe vremja strashno.