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Adventure

The Call of the Wild

by Jack London

The story of a domesticated dog’s return to a primitive state in the late 19th-century Yukon.

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First published
1903
Length
31,840 words
Reading time
About 2 hr 13 min
Language
English (US)

About the book

Jack London spent nearly a year in Alaska and the Klondike, mining for gold and braving the Alaskan winter. There he was inspired to write what would become The Call of the Wild , one of his most famous novels. The Call of the Wild tells the tale of a domesticated dog stolen from his California family and sold to sledders in Alaska. As he adapts to the harsh and wild environment, he slowly sheds domestication and returns to his primal roots.

The Call of the Wild was London’s first major success, ensuring he’d have a readership for his future writing and paving the way for him to become one of the first writers to amass a fortune from just his fiction.

the Read4Max reading text contains approximately 31,840 words arranged in 9 navigable sections.

About the author

Jack London

Jack London (1876–1916) is described by Wikidata as American author, journalist and social activist (1876–1916), with citizenship or national association recorded as United States.

Recorded occupations include writer, journalist, novelist, war correspondent, essayist, and autobiographer. Languages recorded for Jack London include English. Wikidata lists The Call of the Wild, The People of the Abyss, The Sea-Wolf, White Fang, The Roads, and To Build a Fire among Jack London's notable works. Open Library identifies The Call of the Wild as a leading work in its author record. Open Library catalogs 9358 works under this author record. The Read4Max catalog currently includes Martin Eden, The Call of the Wild, The Iron Heel, The Sea-Wolf, and White Fang under Jack London's authorship.

1876–1916

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Themes and ideas

  • Dogs
  • Adventure stories
  • Nature stories
  • Klondike River Valley (Yukon)
  • Sled dogs
  • Pet theft
  • Feral dogs
  • Animal welfare

Table of contents

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  1. Epigraph
  2. The Call of the Wild
  3. I
  4. II
  5. III
  6. IV
  7. V
  8. VI
  9. VII
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