Wonderful Writer beginning of the century, Jack London (his real name is John Griffith) wrote about the destinies ordinary people of their country. The writer's love for working people, the desire for social justice, hatred for selfishness, greed are close and understandable to the democratic reader of the whole world. Young people read his novels, stories, short stories with enthusiasm.
Born into the family of an impoverished farmer, London from childhood began working as a newspaper seller, a cannery worker, and traveled many roads in search of work. It was then that London knew the fate of the working people of capitalist America, whom unemployment had turned into homeless vagrants. He sailed as a sailor on a fishing schooner in the Pacific Ocean, changed many professions, and, finally, “sick” with the so-called golden fever, in 1897 he went to Alaska, where gold was discovered shortly before. He did not manage to get rich, but the impressions he received in Alaska served as material for his first fascinating stories about the struggle of man with the harsh northern nature.
Already the early works of London (collection of stories "Northern Odyssey", "Tales of the South Seas") attract with love for nature, romance of adventure. His brave heroes live far from capitalist cities, from the world of self-interest and predation. These are energetic, loyal people in friendship. Such is Mason in the story "White Silence". He is crushed by a tree, but is not afraid of death. His last concern is not for himself, but for his companions. Mason asks that they not risk their lives for him and continue on their way to human habitation.
Courage and fortitude help the almost dying man in the story "Love for Life" to defeat the wolf. This story by D. London was very much liked by V. I. Lenin.
The writer has many works ("White Fang", "Call of the Wild", "Michael, Brother Jerry"), where he profound knowledge and warmth depicts animals.
Jack London, who had experienced the humiliation and agony of unemployment, knew well that man had to fight not only with the harsh nature, defending personal freedom. The writer sees the path to the true freedom of people in the struggle against social injustice. He develops these thoughts in the well-known novel The Iron Heel (1907), which at one time was read by the workers of many countries. The novel sounded confident in victory socialist revolution over the world of capitalist evil, in spite of possible temporary defeats. During this period, Jack London was directly involved in the labor movement in America, but stepped aside during its quiet years. The fate of the writer in bourgeois society, tragic, even if he eventually achieved fame and fortune, is devoted to one of the best and most profound books in London - the novel Martin Eden (1909). The hero of the work, Martin Eden, is a man of the people. At the cost of enormous efforts and sacrifices, he managed to fulfill his dream and become famous writer. But fame brought him only a feeling of deep disappointment and spiritual emptiness. Eden saw how mercenary and insignificant people were who had previously seemed to him to be the bearers of culture. He came to a false soap that genuine art Nobody needs the art of truth. In a state of deep spiritual loneliness and disappointment in their creative possibilities Martin commits suicide.
IN last years London wrote several small, artistically weak works, trying to adapt to the limited tastes of the bourgeois-petty-bourgeois reader.
But we appreciate best books London, which reveals his love of freedom, respect for creative energy, courage, human strength, where the author's passionate love for the majestic and inexhaustible beauty of nature is visible.
Most Legendary American writer— Jack London (books). The list contains the best works of the author, for which he became famous throughout the world.
Martin Eden
The novel tells about difficult fate poor guy who later became a writer. Martin's life was turned upside down by a meeting with Ruth, an intelligent, educated girl who immediately fell in love with the young man. Experiencing such strong feelings like love, Martin changes externally and internally, stops communicating with old acquaintances and suddenly realizes how insignificant the world and his love are. Further
Little Mistress of the Big House
The work, released shortly before the death of Jack London, is dedicated to relationships strong personalities. The novel is full of love intricacies and intrigues, but this does not prevent him from being noble. According to the writer himself, this is his best job, in which he managed to truly convey the feelings and emotions that love evokes in the hearts of people. Further
Hearts of three
The exciting story of a young millionaire Francis and his cousin Henry Morgan, whose distant ancestor was the famous pirate captain. The brothers go in search of an ancient treasure and, when they are joined by charming girl named Leoncia, both fall in love with her. The novel was filmed many times both in the West and in Russia. Further
You can subjugate a person, but you cannot kill the desire to be free in him - the main theme of a work little known in Russia. Crazy by the standards of others, main character knows how to get out of his body and travel to ancient countries and eras. His physical body locked, but does it matter if the soul moves freely at any time ...
A work called a road romance because of the constant wanderings of the hero in search of a place where he would be truly happy. In the novel, Jack London expresses his protest against socialism and sees the future in farm life. After several years of searching and wandering, the main characters leave the city, finding their happiness in life on a farm in Moon Valley. Further
World big business cruel and knows no mercy. Having obtained the money and the long-awaited power, the protagonist of the novel suddenly realizes that the real human values is loyalty, love and a strong family. He refuses financial well-being and remains to live with his beloved woman away from the city. The novel was banned in the Soviet Union and for a long time not published. Further
Professor Darrell sentenced to death penalty and awaits punishment in prison. During a severe punishment with a straitjacket, he unexpectedly falls into his previous incarnations in different countries and eras: the intelligent Count Guillaume de Saint-Maure in France of the Middle Ages, a nine-year-old boy who did not chicken out in a moment of danger, the head of the legion under Pontius Pilate ... More
Jack London's first novel, The Daughter of the Snows, tells the story of the wanderings of a young American, Frona Welz. Many years later, she returns to her father, having received an excellent versatile education, but without losing human sincerity and simplicity. The book contains several stories. different years describing the life of treasure hunters during the gold rush. Further
One of Jack London's best novels. After a storm on the ship, the captain of the schooner "Ghost" saves the life of a young sailor, Humphrey. To survive and be able to protect his love, the young man will have to fight with a cunning and cruel captain who promotes a special philosophy. Only real love help Humphrey overcome obstacles and become a real sea dog himself. Further
White Fang
The harsh North leaves a mark on the souls of people and animals. The protagonist of the story is a wolf named White Fang— learned to survive even in the most terrible conditions. Jack London describes in detail the psychology, behavior and actions of the White Fang, shows how care and affection towards the animal teaches him to give love. And for a tame wolf, love was worth dearer than life. Further
Adventure
The novel "Adventure" tells about dangerous life white colonists among cannibal natives in the Solomon Islands. The work depicts in detail the life principles, traditions and rituals of the indigenous peoples of one of the most mysterious islands on Earth. In the Soviet Union, the novel was called racist and banned from publication for a long sixty-four years. Further
Iron heel
The writer, as if looking into the future, accurately describes the society that appeared a few years after the publication of the novel. And to this day, the work has not lost its relevance: billionaires, terrorists, spies ... Nineteen years have already passed, and, despite all efforts, no one could figure out who dropped the bomb. It was some member iron heel, but how could he get past our agents unnoticed? Further
scarlet plague
In 2013, an unknown virus hits the Earth, killing people in a few hours. A disease called the Scarlet Plague is taking over the planet, leaving only a few survivors. Jack London's book "The Scarlet Plague" tells about a new society, where there are completely different rules, similar to the laws of the animal world and absolutely wild for modern man. Further
A captivating story about a perilous voyage in the southern seas on a sailboat sailing towards Cape Horn. After tragic death the captain's crew of the sailboat was divided into two groups. Conflicts among the sailors and the raging elements force the protagonist to stop silently observing what is happening and, finally, become himself - strong-willed and strong man with leadership qualities. Further
Name: Jack London (John Griffith Cheney)
Age: 40 years
Activity: writer, socialist public figure
Family status: was married
Jack London: biography
The biography of Jack London is complete interesting facts and unexpected twists of fate: before becoming famous author novels and short stories, London had to go through a difficult path full of hardships. Everything is interesting in Jack's biography, from the writer's strange parents to his numerous travels. London has become one of the most popular foreign authors, which was read in the Soviet Union: in terms of circulation in the USSR, the American overtook .
The future writer was born on January 12, 1876 in San Francisco, California. Some writers joked that John Griffith Cheney (Jack London's real name) became famous even before birth. The fact is that the writer's parents are extravagant personalities who loved to shock the public. His mother, Flora Wellman, is the daughter of Marshall Wellman, a powerful Ohio entrepreneur.
The girl moved to California to earn money teaching activities. But Flora's work was not limited to music lessons, the mother of the future writer was fond of spiritualism and claimed that she was spiritually connected with the Indian leader. And also Flora suffered nervous breakdowns and frequent mood swings due to typhus, which the girl had been ill at the age of twenty.
While in San Francisco, a lover of esotericism meets an equally interesting person - William Cheney (Chani), an Irishman by birth. Lawyer William understood mathematics and literature, but was famous for being one of the most popular professors of magic and astrology in America. The man led a wandering lifestyle and adored sea travel, but gave astrology 16 hours a day.
Eccentric lovers lived in a civil marriage, and after a while Flora became pregnant. Professor Cheney insisted on an abortion, which provoked a terrible scandal that made headlines in local newspapers: a desperate Wellman tried to shoot herself with a rusty old revolver, but the bullet only slightly wounded her. According to another version, Flora staged a suicide attempt due to the cooling of her lover's feelings.
Nevertheless, San Francisco journalists cashed in on this story, the news called "Abandoned Wife" sold out in all the newsstands in the city. The yellow press wrote based on the stories ex girlfriend William, and discredited the name of the esoteric. Journalists talked about Cheney as a child killer who left many wives, and besides, he served time in prison. The discredited professor-soothsayer in the summer of 1875 left the city once and for all. In the future, Jack London tried to contact William, but he never saw his dad, who did not read any single work eminent son, and also renounced paternity.
After the birth of her son, Flora had no time to raise a child, since she did not deny herself social events, so the newborn boy was placed in the care of a nanny of Negro origin, Jenny Printer, whom the writer recalled as a second mother.
The mysterious Wellman, even after the birth of her son, earned through séances. In 1876, John London, who had lost his wife and son, turned to Flora for spiritual help. War veteran John was known as a good and kind person, raised two daughters and was not shy about any work. After the wedding of Wellman and London in the same 76th, the woman took her newborn son to John's family.
The boy had warm relationship with his stepfather, John Sr. replaced the future writer of his father, and the young man never felt like a stranger. Jack became friends with stepsister Eliza and considered her his best friend.
In 1873, an economic crisis began in America, due to which many residents of the country lost their earnings. Londoners lived in poverty and traveled through the cities of the state in search of a better life. In the future, the author of the novels recalled that Flora had nothing to put on the table, and also little Jack did not know what it was like to have his own toys. The first shirt bought in the store was given to the child when he was 8 years old.
John Sr. made an attempt at cattle breeding, but the extravagant Flora did not like it when the work moved slowly. The woman constantly had adventurous plans in her head, which, in her opinion, were supposed to help get rich quick: sometimes she bought lottery tickets hoping for good luck. But because of Wellman's strange desires, the family was on the road to bankruptcy more than once.
After wandering, the Londons settled in Oakland, not far from San Francisco, in this city the boy went to elementary school. The future writer was used to being called Jack, short for John, as a child.
Jack London was the most frequent visitor to the Auckland Library: future writer almost every day I went to reading room and devoured the books one by one. Miss Ina Coolbrith, winner of a local literature award, noticed the boy's passion for books and corrected his reading circle.
Every morning at school, little Jack took a pen with a piece of paper and wrote down about a thousand words for exemption from singing lessons. The boy was constantly silent in the choir, for which he received punishment, which in the future fell into the hands of the writer.
Jack had to get up early in order to have time to trade fresh school newspaper, also London set up skittles in the bowling alley on weekends and cleaned the beer pavilions in the park to get at least some money.
When London Jr. was 14, he graduated elementary grades However, the boy could not continue his studies, as there was nothing to pay.
And the future writer did not have time to study: in 1891, the breadwinner of the family, John London Sr., was hit by a train and became disabled, which made the man unable to work. Therefore, young Jack after graduation elementary school I had to go to work in a canning factory. For a 10-12-hour working day, the future author of immortal stories received one dollar. The work was hard and exhausting, according to the writer, he did not want to turn into a "working animal" - such thoughts pushed the teenager to leave the factory.
In his youth, Jack London was drawn to adventure, perhaps the passion for adventure was transmitted to Jack from his mother. So filled with hope to end poverty, the 15-year-old boy borrows $300 from his nanny Jenny and buys a used schooner. "Captain Jack" assembles a pirate crew of his teenage buddies and sets out to conquer "oyster territories". Thus, Jack and his comrades were stealing shellfish from a private bay in San Francisco.
Young sea wolves sold the won booty to local restaurants and received good money: Jack even saved up three hundred to repay the debt to the nanny. But in California they began to closely monitor the illegal pirate business, so London had to leave the profitable business. In addition, the money spoiled the young man: most of funds were spent on wild image life, endless drinking and fighting.
Jack London fell in love with sea adventures, so he willingly agreed to serve as a “fishing patrol” to fight poachers, and in 1893 the future writer sets off on his first voyage to the shores of Japan to catch fur seals.
London was impressed by navigation, later autobiographical stories became the basis of the collection "Tales of the Fishing Patrol", and the writer's adventures influenced the plots of many "sea" novels. After traveling by water, London again had to return to the position of a factory worker, only now he worked in a jute textile fabric factory. In 1894, Jack participates in the campaign of the unemployed to Washington, later the young guy is arrested for vagrancy - this moment of life became the key to writing the story "The Straitjacket".
At the age of 19, the young man passed the exams and entered the University of California, but was forced to leave his studies due to lack of money. After exhausting wanderings through factories and part-time jobs where they pay pennies, London comes to the conclusion that he is not ready to lead a "bestial" lifestyle full of physical labor which was not appreciated.
Literature
London began to try himself as a writer while still at the jute factory: then the working day lasted 13 hours, and he had no time for stories: the young guy needed at least an hour a day to spend time in fun.
In San Francisco, the local newspaper The Call put out an award for best story. Flora encouraged her son to take part, besides literary talent London began to appear in school years when instead of singing the boy wrote compositions. So, knowing that at 5 in the morning you need to be at work, Jack sits down at midnight to write a story, and this went on for three nights. The theme of the young man chose "Typhoon off the coast of Japan."
Jack London handwriting London sat down for a story sleepy and exhausted, but his work took first place, and the second and third went to students of prestigious universities. After this incident, London seriously begins to think about writing career. Jack writes a few more stories and sends them to the newspaper, which chose him as the winner, but the editors refused the young man.
Then hope again left the young talent, and London is sent as a laborer to the power plant. After learning that a colleague committed suicide due to lack of money, Jack regains faith that he is capable of fighting.
In 1897, Jack London was obsessed with the "gold rush" and went in search of precious metal to Alaska. Jack failed to get gold and get rich, besides, he fell ill with scurvy.
“I gave up writing, deciding that I was a loser, and went to the Klondike for gold,” the great writer recalled.
Later, all the adventures of the future writer will become the basis of his numerous stories and novels. So after returning from gold mining in 1899, London begins a serious literary career and writes "Northern stories", for example, "White Silence". A year later, the writer publishes the first book, Son of the Wolf. Jack devotes all his energy to writing books: the young author wrote almost the whole day, leaving a few hours to rest and sleep.
In 1902, Jack moved to the capital of Great Britain, where he wrote significant stories and novels: "The Call of the Wild" (1903), "White Fang" (1906), "Martin Eden" (1909), "Time Waits" (1910), " Moon Valley" (1913), etc.
His the best work Jack considered "Little Mistress big house» – tragic romance published in 1916. This work is different from adventure and adventurous books writer. The novel was written in the last year of London's life and reflects the mental mood of an American inherent at that time.
Personal life
The literary activity of Jack London reflects his personal life. After all, all the heroes of the writer are people who are struggling with life's difficulties despite the obstacles. For example, the story "Love of Life", published in 1907, tells the story of a lonely man who, after the betrayal of a friend, goes on a journey. The protagonist gets a leg injury and meets face to face with wild animals, but continues to move forward. This is how you can characterize London itself, because not every adult can survive what the writer faced in childhood.
In life, Jack was cheerful and funny man who smiled all the time. Jack was selective in choosing a woman, and in 1900 he married the fiancee of a deceased friend, Bassey Maddern.
From his first marriage, the writer had two daughters, Bess and Joan. But family life the author of the books cannot be considered happy: after 4 years, London told his wife that he intended to get a divorce. Why was there a sharp cooling of Jack's feelings, his ex-wife wondered for a long time, the first assumption was that London had resumed an affair with Anna Strunskaya.
Maddern later learned that London had a relationship with Charmian Kittredge, whom the writer initially detested. The girl did not differ in beauty, and also did not shine with her mind, sometimes her acquaintances laughed at Charmian, as she ran after men. Why the writer left his previous wife and began to get involved in an unsightly bride - one could only guess. Later it became clear that Kittredge conquered London with numerous letters of declarations of love. At least London had fun with new wife, because she is the same as the writer - a lover of adventure and travel.
Death
In the last years of his life, Jack London experienced a creative decline: the writer did not have the strength and inspiration to write a new work, he began to look at literature with disgust. As a result, the writer begins to abuse alcohol. Jack managed to quit bad habit, but alcohol greatly affected his health.
He suffered from kidney disease and died from poisoning with morphine, an anesthetic. Some London biographers believe that the overdose of the drug was planned and Jack committed suicide. There were prerequisites for this: the theme of suicide can be traced in the works of the writer. However, this version cannot be considered reliable.
Jack London's last novel was The Hearts of Three, published posthumously in 1920.
- What did Jack London do to get money. In his youth, the guy even hunted street cats to sell meat to the Chinese.
- In 1907, an adventurer tried to go to trip around the world on a ship built according to their own drawings.
- London admired Russian writers and appreciated their creativity.
- I read the story "Love of Life" before going to bed. This happened 2 days before the death of the leader.
- Throughout his life, London was kind to dogs and especially loved wolves. And this is not surprising, because Jack's numerous stories describe the life of this wild animal. These include "White Fang", "Brown Wolf", etc.
- In the moment creative crisis Jack was unable to write the plot on his own, so the writer buys the idea for the novel from Sinclair Lewis in 1910. Jack began to work on the book "The Bureau of Murder", but never finished the work. According to the writer, he did not come up with a logical continuation of Lewis' ideas.
- Jack worked as a correspondent for the Russo-Japanese War and the Mexican Civil War.
- When London became famous, he received $50,000 per book. Rumor has it that Jack was the first American literary figure to earn a million.
Quotes
- "Don't wait for inspiration, you have to chase it with a club."
- “If you think clearly, you will write clearly; if your thought is valuable, your essay will be valuable.”
- "A person should not see himself in his true form, then life becomes unbearable."
- "Life always gives a person less than he requires of her."
- “If you hid the truth, hid it, if you did not rise from your seat and did not speak at the meeting, if you spoke without telling the whole truth, you betrayed the truth.”
- “The intoxicating always lends a hand to us when we fail, when we are weak, when we are tired. But his promises are false: physical strength, which it promises, is illusory, spiritual uplift is deceptive.
- “I'd rather be ashes than dust. I'd rather let my flame die out in a blinding flash than mold choke it!"
Bibliography
- 1903 - Call of the Wild
- 1904 - Sea Wolf
- 1906 - White Fang
- 1909 - Martin Eden
- 1912 - Scarlet Plague
- 1913 - John Barleycorn
- 1915 - Straitjacket
- 1916 - Little mistress of a big house
- 1917 - Jerry the Islander
- 1920 - Hearts of three
The works of Jack London have been and remain extremely popular all over the world. He is the author of numerous adventure novels and short stories. It is worth noting that in the USSR he was the most published foreign author after the storyteller Andersen. The total circulation of his books in the Soviet Union alone amounted to more than 77 million copies.
Biography of the writer
The works of Jack London were originally printed on English language. He was born in San Francisco in 1876. Started early working life while still a schoolboy. He sold newspapers, arranged skittles in a bowling alley.
After school he became a worker at a canning factory. The work was hard and poorly paid. Then he borrowed $300 and bought a small used schooner, becoming an oyster pirate. He fished oysters illegally and sold them to local restaurants. In fact, he was engaged in poaching. Many of Jack London's works are based on personal memories. So, while working in a poaching flotilla, he became so famous for his courage and courage that he was accepted into the fishing patrol, which was just fighting against poachers. This period of his life is devoted to "Tales of the Fishing Patrol".
In 1893, London went fishing to the shores of Japan - to catch seals. This journey formed the basis of numerous stories by Jack London and the popular novel "The Sea Wolf".
Then he worked at a jute factory, changed many professions - a fireman and even an ironer in a laundry. The writer's memories of this period can be found in the novels "John Barleycorn" and "Martin Eden".
In 1893 he managed to earn the first money writing. He received an award from one of the San Francisco newspapers for the essay "Typhoon off the coast of Japan."
Marxist ideas
The following year, he took part in the famous campaign of the unemployed on Washington, was arrested for vagrancy and spent several months in prison. The essay "Hold on!" is devoted to this. and the novel Straitjacket.
At that time he became acquainted with Marxist ideas and became a convinced socialist. He was a member of the Socialist Party of America either from 1900 or 1901. He left the London party after a decade and a half, due to the fact that the movement had lost its morale, heading for gradual reforms.
In 1897, London left for Alaska, succumbing to the gold rush. He failed to find gold, instead he fell ill with scurvy, but he received a lot of plots for his stories, which brought him fame and popularity.
Jack London has worked in all sorts of genres. He even wrote science fiction and utopian stories. In them, he gave free rein to his rich imagination, amazed readers original style And unexpected turns plot.
In 1905 he got carried away agriculture settling on a ranch. Tried to create the perfect farm, but without success. As a result, he got into big debts.
In the last years of his life, the writer began to abuse alcohol. He decides to write detective novels, even buys an idea from him, but he does not have time to finish the novel "The Murder Bureau". In 1916, the writer dies at the age of 40.
According to the official version, the cause was morphine poisoning, which was prescribed to him for a kidney disease. London suffered from uremia. But researchers also consider the version of suicide.
Jack London stories
The stories brought great popularity to the writer. One of the most famous is called "Love of Life".
The events take place in Alaska during the gold rush. The main character was betrayed by a comrade and thrown to the snowy desert. He heads south to save himself. He gets a leg injury, loses his hat and gun, meets a bear, and even engages in single combat with a sick wolf, which lacked the strength to attack a person. So everyone was waiting to see which one of them would die first. At the end of the journey, he was picked up by a whaling ship and taken to San Francisco.
"Journey on the" Dazzling "
Jack London wrote this story in 1902. She is dedicated real fact his biography - illegal extraction of oysters.
It talks about young guy who runs away from home. To earn money, he has to get a job on the ship of the oyster pirates, which is called "Dazzling".
"White Fang"
Perhaps the most famous works Jack London are dedicated to the gold rush. The story "White Fang" also belongs to them. It was printed in 1906.
In the story "White Fang" by Jack London, the main character is a wolf. His father is a purebred wolf and his mother is half-dog. The wolf cub is the only one surviving from the entire brood. And when he meets people with his mother, she recognizes her old master.
White Fang settles among the Indians. It develops rapidly, regarding humans as cruel but just gods. At the same time, the rest of the dogs treat him with hostility, especially when the main character becomes the main character in the sledding team.
One day, an Indian sells White Fang to Handsome Smith, who beats him up and makes him figure out who he is. new owner. He uses the main character in dog fights.
But in the first fight, the bulldog almost kills him, only the engineer Weedon Scott from the mine saves the wolf. Jack London's story "White Fang" ends with the fact that the new owner brings him to California. There he begins a new life.
Wolf Larsen
A couple of years before that, another one comes out famous novel Jack London - "Sea Wolf". At the center of the story - literary critic, who goes on a ferry to visit his friend and gets into a shipwreck. He is rescued by the schooner Ghost, commanded by Wolf Larsen.
He swims in Pacific Ocean to catch seals, everyone around is struck by his rabid disposition. The protagonist of the novel "The Sea Wolf" by Jack London professes the philosophy of vital leaven. He believes: the more leaven in a person, the more actively he fights for his place under the sun. As a result, something can be achieved. This approach is a variation of social Darwinism.
"Before Adam"
In 1907, London writes a very unusual story for himself, "Before Adam". Its plot is based on the idea of human evolution that existed at that time.
The protagonist has an alter ego who is a teenager living among the ape-like cave people. This is how the writer describes Pithecanthropes.
In the story, they are opposed by a more developed tribe, which is called the People of Fire. This is similar to the Neanderthals. They already use an arrow and a bow for hunting, while the Pithecanthropes (in the story they are called the Forest Horde) are at an earlier stage of development.
london fantasy
The skill of a science fiction writer Jack London demonstrated in 1912 in the novel "The Scarlet Plague". The events in it take place in 2073. 60 years ago, a sudden epidemic on Earth destroyed almost all of humanity. The action takes place in San Francisco, where an old man who remembers the world before the deadly epidemic tells his grandchildren about it.
He says that during the 20th century, the world was repeatedly threatened by destructive viruses. And when the "scarlet plague" came, the Council of Magnates ruled everything, social stratification society has reached its apogee. New disease broke out in 2013. She destroyed most of the world's population, because they simply did not have time to invent a vaccine. People were dying right on the streets, infecting each other.
Grandpa and his comrades-in-arms managed to take refuge in a shelter. By this time, only a few hundred people remained on the entire planet who are forced to lead a primitive way of life.
"Moon Valley"
Jack London's book appeared in 1913. The action of this work takes place at the very beginning of the 20th century in California. Bill and Saxon meet at a dance and soon realize that they are in love.
The newlyweds begin a happy life in a new house. Saxon does housework, she soon finds out that she is pregnant. Their happiness is overshadowed only by a strike at the factory, which Bill joins. The demands of the workers - an increase in wages. But management hires scabs instead. There are constant skirmishes between them and the factory employees.
Once such a fight happens near Saxon's house. Due to stress, she begins premature birth. The child is dying. For their family are coming Hard times. Bill is addicted to strikes, he drinks a lot and fights.
Because of this, he ends up in the police, he is sentenced to a month in prison. Saxon is left alone - without a husband and money. She is starving, one day she realizes that in order to survive, they need to leave this city. With this idea, she comes to her husband, who has changed a lot in prison, rethought a lot. When Bill is released, they decide to take up farming to make money.
They set off on a journey in search of the perfect site to start their own business. What it should be, they clearly represent. They meet people, many of whom become their friends. They jokingly call their dream "Moon Valley". In their view, the land that the main characters dream of can only be on the moon. So two years pass, finally they find what they were looking for.
By coincidence, the area that suited them is called Moon Valley. They open their own farm, things are going uphill. Bill discovers an entrepreneurial vein in himself, it turns out that he is a born businessman. Only his talent was buried deep for a long time.
The novel ends with Saxon's confession that she is pregnant again.
At Cape Horn
One of Jack London's most fascinating novels is The Mutiny on the Elsinore. It was written in 1914.
Events unfold on sailing ship. The ship sails to Cape Horn. Suddenly, the captain dies on board. After that, confusion begins on the ship, the team is divided into two opposing camps. Each of them has a leader who is ready to lead people.
The protagonist finds himself among the raging elements and rebellious sailors. All this makes him stop being an outside observer and start making difficult and responsible decisions himself. Become a strong-willed and strong person.
American writer and public figure, author of well-known social and adventure novels, novels and short stories. In his work, he sang the inflexibility of the human spirit and love of life. Works such as White Fang, The Call of the Wild, and Martin Eden made him one of the most famous and highly paid writers in the history of the United States (his fee reached 50 thousand dollars per book, which was a fantastic amount for the beginning of the XX century).
We decided to remember best novels and stories of the writer.
Martin Eden
One of the most significant works of Jack London. A young sailor named Martin Eden saves an unfamiliar young man from death, who, in gratitude, invites him to dinner party. For the first time in a noble society, uncouth and clumsy Martin meets the young man's sister, Ruth Morse, and she instantly wins his heart. He understands that he simple guy never be together with a girl like her. However, Martin does not know how to give up and decides to quit former life and become better, smarter and more educated in order to win the heart of Ruth.
This famous "Northern" story by Jack London tells about willpower and the laws of survival, about courage and perseverance, about devotion and true friendship. White Fang is not only the protagonist of the work: most of the story is shown through his eyes. In this book you will find a story about the fate of a proud and freedom-loving animal, in which the blood of a ferocious predator flows. He will have to face both cruelty and best qualities human soul: nobility, kindness, mutual assistance, selflessness.
call of the ancestors
Dog dealers kidnap Beck, a young half-breed dog, from his master's house and sell him to Alaska. The harsh land, overwhelmed by the Gold Rush, so unlike his sunny homeland, requires from Back the focus of all vitality. If he fails to resurrect the memory of his wild ancestors, he will inevitably perish...
"Call of the Ancestors" is one of the best early works Jack London. The author focuses the reader's attention on the law that governs the animal world: an individual survives that is better than others able to adapt to changing environmental conditions. This story has become a kind of artistic rethinking of American reality at the beginning of the 20th century.
Wolf Larsen is the captain of a fishing schooner, a cruel and cynical sailor who can easily kill a person. But at the same time, he is a lonely philosopher, an admirer of Shakespeare and Tennyson. In his novel, Jack London describes his sea travels and skillfully reveals the image of this controversial person.
"Hearts of Three" is London's last novel, his "anniversary", fiftieth, book. The reader is waiting for extraordinary adventures, the search for mysterious treasures and, of course, love.
Francis Morgan is the son of a deceased millionaire, born aristocrat. It all starts with the search for the treasures of the founder of the family - the formidable pirate Henry Morgan, then unexpected meeting, unexpected captivity, liberation, pursuit, treasures, village Lost Souls with a beautiful queen... The action takes place almost continuously, the heroes, not having time to get out of one unpleasant situation, immediately fall into another.
The story of the Morgan cousins and the beautiful Leoncia, whom both of them are in love with, has been filmed more than once - both in the West and in Russia.
