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Jack London


Born
in San Francisco, California, The United States
January 12, 1876

Died
November 22, 1916

Genre
Literature & Fiction, Adventure, Classics

Influences
Friedrich Nietzsche, Ernst Haeckel, Ambrose Bierce, Charles Darwin, Ru ...more


John 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 Wh ...more

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Average rating: 4.0 · 1,076,139 ratings · 49,396 reviews · 8,157 distinct works • Similar authors
The Call of the Wild
3.92 avg rating — 480,073 ratings — published 1903 — 7511 editions
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White Fang
4.03 avg rating — 209,822 ratings — published 1906 — 6050 editions
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The Call of the Wild / Whit...
4.12 avg rating — 78,586 ratings — published 1903 — 111 editions
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Martin Eden
4.48 avg rating — 57,056 ratings — published 1909 — 372 editions
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The Sea Wolf
4.06 avg rating — 34,108 ratings — published 1904 — 20 editions
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To Build a Fire
3.99 avg rating — 27,408 ratings — published 1902 — 186 editions
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The Call of the Wild, White...
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4.05 avg rating — 22,808 ratings — published 1903 — 59 editions
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The Scarlet Plague
3.75 avg rating — 14,979 ratings — published 1912 — 26 editions
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The Iron Heel
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3.78 avg rating — 12,828 ratings — published 1908 — 1318 editions
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The Star Rover
4.17 avg rating — 11,309 ratings — published 1914 — 1533 editions
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Series by Jack London

Jerry of the Islands: A Tru... Michael Brother of Jerry
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Before Adam & Other Stories The Iron Heel & Other Stories The Star Rover & Other Stories
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Quotes by Jack London  (?)
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“You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.”
― Jack London
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“I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.”
― Jack London
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“I'd rather sing one wild song and burst my heart with it, than live a thousand years watching my digestion and being afraid of the wet.”
― Jack London, The Turtles of Tasman
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