Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Jack London

Jack LondonProject Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

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Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and his memory continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Jack London by Jack LondonAuthor: London, Jack, 1876-1916,Language: English, Class: PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature, Release Date: May 8, 2019

Editor's review

This index of Jack London's works also comes from Project Gutenberg and is a catalogue-type work of public-domain ebooks. Its core value lies in presenting London's digitized works together, so that readers need not search one by one through a vast library but can grasp the available range through a single list of entries. The index itself offers no plot summaries or literary evaluation, but it reflects Project Gutenberg's ongoing organization of classic English-language authors since 1971 and shows how American literature is arranged within the open-ebook ecosystem. For readers preparing to read Jack London systematically, this index can serve as the starting point of a reading route; for researchers studying bibliography, editions, or public-domain resources, it is a verifiable, citable source of entry information. It should be used as a tool rather than read as a book—consult it as needed and follow the leads—to make the most of it.

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Can I read Jack London's novels directly from this index?

No. The index provides only work entries and retrieval leads; the novels themselves must be opened through the ebooks the entries point to. Its role is to help you locate works in Project Gutenberg, not to replace the works themselves.

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About the author

Jack London Author · American · 1876–1916

Jack London (1876–1916) was an American realist writer born in San Francisco; his original name was John Griffith Chaney. He left school early to make a living, worked as a sailor and a tramp, and once went to Alaska to search for gold. These hard experiences became an important source of his writing. His works cover a wide range of subjects and often focus on the harsh struggle for survival in the northern wilderness, the relationship between humans and animals, and the misery of the lower classes. His style is vigorous and forceful, his plots are tightly constructed, and his writing combines adventure with social criticism. His representative works include The Call of the Wild, The Sea-Wolf, White Fang and Martin Eden. The library holds 91 of his works, including White Fang, Martin Eden, The Iron Heel and The People of the Abyss. He wrote about 50 works in his lifetime and is one of the most widely translated American writers of the twentieth century.