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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 · 1,088,946 ratings · 50,611 reviews · 7,757 distinct works • Similar authors
The Call of the Wild
3.92 avg rating — 485,500 ratings — published 1903 — 7694 editions
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White Fang
4.03 avg rating — 211,199 ratings — published 1906 — 2058 editions
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The Call of the Wild / Whit...
4.12 avg rating — 78,901 ratings — published 1903
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Martin Eden
4.48 avg rating — 58,807 ratings — published 1909 — 1975 editions
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The Sea Wolf
4.07 avg rating — 34,562 ratings — published 1904 — 24 editions
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To Build a Fire
3.99 avg rating — 27,812 ratings — published 1902 — 191 editions
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The Call of the Wild, White...
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4.05 avg rating — 22,826 ratings — published 1903 — 34 editions
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The Scarlet Plague
3.75 avg rating — 15,502 ratings — published 1912 — 10 editions
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The Iron Heel
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3.78 avg rating — 13,097 ratings — published 1908 — 2008 editions
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The Star Rover
4.17 avg rating — 11,570 ratings — published 1914 — 1066 editions
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Series by Jack London

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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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Haziran 2018 Modern Klasiklerden Anketi

Haziran ayında aşağıdaki kitaplardan hangisini grupla birlikte okumak istersiniz?

 
  14 votes 18.9%

George Orwell - 1984, 1949, 352 sayfa
 
  13 votes 17.6%

Aldous Huxley - Cesur Yeni Dünya, 1932, 266 sayfa
 
  9 votes 12.2%

 
  7 votes 9.5%

 
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Jack London - Martin Eden, 1909, 435 sayfa
 
  5 votes 6.8%

Haruki Murakami - Sputnik Sevgilim, 1999, 224 sayfa
 
  4 votes 5.4%

 
  4 votes 5.4%

Virginia Woolf - Deniz Feneri, 1927, 248 sayfa
 
  3 votes 4.1%

Stig Dagerman - Alman Sonbaharı, 1946, 135 sayfa
 
  3 votes 4.1%

 
  2 votes 2.7%

 
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Virginia Woolf - Dalgalar, 1931, 264 sayfa
 
  1 vote 1.4%

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