The Call of the Wild/White Fang

Posted on 02 January 2018 by Jack London

The Call of the Wild tells the story of Buck, a domestic dog who is kidnapped from his home in California and forced to pull sleds in the Arctic wasteland White Fang, by contrast, is the tale of a crossbreed who is three quarters wolf and a quarter dog, and who must endure considerable suffering in the wilderness before being tamed by an American and taken to live in California Extraordinary both for the vividness of their descriptions and the success with which they imagine life from a non human perspective, Jack London s classics of children s literature are two of the greatest and most popular animal stories ever written.This beautiful Macmillan Collector s Library edition of The Call of the Wild White Fang features an afterword by Sam Gilpin.Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector s Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles Macmillan Collector s Library are books to love and treasure. Best Read The Call of the Wild/White Fang by Jack London For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr 4 out of 5 stars for both The Call of the Wild and White Fang by Jack London.The Call of the Wild tells the story of Buck who is dognapped and is put into a dog sled team in Alaska, and then later has to learn the ways of the wild It is a very entertaining short story.White Fang digs a bit deeper than the The Call of the Wild It had a deeply theological and religious theme throughout White Fang is a wolf, born in the wild that has to learn faith in humans early in h...I ve read a good number of books with protagonists as dogs, but only in these two books I can really see the world from a dog s point of view True, the stories are violent, but that goes with the setup of the north But the details are so realistic, and growth so credible I rea...Note, March 2, 2016 I ve just edited this review to insert spoiler tags which didn t exist when I originally wrote it in a couple of places Note, March 5, 2014 I posted this review a few years ago, but in reading over it just now, I realized I needed to correct a typo Actually, I read these two novels in different editions than this omnibus volume And, while I read White Fang sometime in the 90s, I d already read The Call of the Wild in high school.London is one of my favorite authors d Note, March 2, 2016 I ve just edited this review to insert spoiler tags which didn t exist when I originally wrote it in a couple of places Note, March 5, 2014 I posted this review a few years ago, but in reading over it just now, I realized I needed to correct a typo Actually, I read these two novels in different editions than this omnibus volume And, while I read White Fang sometime in the 90s, I d already read The Call of the Wild in high school.London is one of my favorite authors despite his ideological dependence on Marx and Darwin, and his Naturalist outlook in which human behavior is viewed as purely the product of social forces, inborn instincts and biological needs , all of which are very different from my own attitudes He has very strong storytelling skills, and he writes with a kind of clear, direct diction that makes his prose highly readable Here, his vivid evocation of the frozen North benefits from his own personal knowledge and exp...This is so depressing how is this a children s storyI neither read the sypnosis nor did I have any idea about both the stories Actually, I was provoked read them because of the special interest of Christopher McCandless in Jack London s tales.Christopher is someone I admire alot to know who he is read Into the Wild He admired Jack London and his work very much Christopher was a outdoor guy, a tramp So I was expecting these stories to be some kind of adventure stories But I was wrong.This is a finest book, I ve read on dogs wolves Personal I neither read the sypnosis nor did I have any idea about both the stories Actually, I was provoked read them because of the special interest of Christopher McCandless in Jack London s tales.Christopher is someone I admire alot to know who he is read Into the Wild He admired Jack London and his work very much Christopher was a outdoor guy, a tramp So I was...Last summer, I read Jon Krakauer s Into the Wild I found Christopher McCandless s fascination with Jack London to be interesting, but it was hard for me to fully understand where McCandless was coming from, having never read London s works I also have a deep respect for animals and a disgust at their ill treatment at the hands of human beings For those two reasons, I chose to read The Call of the Wild for my Literature class.The cover of the book captivated me I enjoyed studying the picture Last summer, I read Jon Krakauer s Into the Wild I found Christopher McCandless s fascination with Jack London to be interesting, but it was hard for me to fully understand where McCandless was coming from, having never read London s works ...Are you special Well of course you are You are built up from your trials and pain What doesn t kill you makes you stronger Like White Fang, you are here for a purpose Someday you ll realize what the purpose is White Fang by Jack London is an amazing story about a half wolf, half dog that goes through many struggles and truly learns about himself He goes on a captivating journey of courage and strength life It also follows a team of sled dogs le...Picked it up when I was on a shopping spree, I knew it was probably about dogs and wolves, but apart from that I didn t knew what to expect.So, I just started reading and let the book surprise me.I started with White Fang which, apart from some focus switches in the beginning, I ended up really liking It was fast paced action from the beginning to the end, I just couldn t put the book down There is a healthy dose of violence, but it s far from over the top Instead, it really adds something to Picked it up when I was on a shopping spree, I knew it was probably about dogs and wolves, but apart from that I didn t knew what to expect.So, I just started reading and let the book surprise me.I started with White Fang which, apart from some focus switches in the beginning, I ended up really liking It was fast paced action from the beginning to the end, I just couldn t put the book down There is a healthy dose of violence, but it s far from over the top Instead, it really adds something to the story.After reading some other random book in between, I read Call of the Wild It s only about half the length of White Fang, which makes it really short The same fast paced action from White Fang continues here.The writing style in both books is pretty straightforward, nothing too complex, which I found good.Overall, I have to admit that I like White Fang better, probably because it s just that little bit longer to add somedepth to the story It may also be because that s the one I read fi...When White Fang meets Weedon Scott it is good Up until then it is so violent, dark, sad It wasdifficult to read than I expected but John Seelye s Introduction helped me understand London s meaning for it and so have a better respect for it as a classic.This edition has the two stories of course my 10 year old and I started reading The Call of the Wild together but it was too much for him too violent, that m...It s been many years since I read this novel, but I can recall every sentence, well, almost If you love animals, you ll enjoy this book, except in parts where cruelty is explicit, but not gratuitous as the reader need s to understand White Fangs life If you romanticise about wandering in a wild dangerous environment, then Jack London paints the landscape perfectly This is a novel that will leave a taste in your mouth, and so it should The only reason I have only given the book three stars It s been many years since I read this novel, but I can recall every sentence, well, almost If you love animals, you ll enjoy this book, except in parts where cruelty is explicit, but not gratuitous as the reader need s to understand White Fangs life If you romanticise about wandering in a wild dangerous environment, then Jack ...

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02 January 2018

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