The call of the wild
Subtitle: White fang ; & To build a fire
By: Jack London
Edition: 1998 Modern Library ed
Publisher: Modern Library
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
Subjects: Dogs -- Klondike River Valley (Yukon) -- Fiction; Adventure stories, American; Wolfdogs -- Fiction; Klondike River Valley (Yukon) -- Gold discoveries -- Fiction
Other titles: Call of the wild ; White fang ; & To build a fire; White fang; To build a fire
Work titles: Selections.
Description: Generally considered to be London's greatest achievement, The Call of the Wild brought him international acclaim when it was published in 1903. His story of the dog Buck, who learns to survive in the bleak Yukon wilderness, is viewed by many as his symbolic autobiography. White Fang (1906), which London conceived as a "complete antithesis and companion piece to The Call of the Wild," is the tale of an abused wolf-dog tamed by exposure to civilization. Also included in this volume is "To Build a Fire," a marvelously desolate short story set in the Klondike, but containing all the elements of a classic Greek tragedy.