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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: 3.99 · 1,006,518 ratings · 43,611 reviews · 6,643 distinct works • Similar authors
The Call of the Wild
3.91 avg rating — 451,550 ratings — published 1903 — 3601 editions
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White Fang
4.03 avg rating — 198,043 ratings — published 1906 — 5868 editions
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The Call of the Wild / Whit...
4.12 avg rating — 78,218 ratings — published 1906 — 409 editions
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Martin Eden
4.48 avg rating — 48,439 ratings — published 1909 — 1214 editions
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The Sea Wolf
4.06 avg rating — 32,000 ratings — published 1904 — 3762 editions
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To Build a Fire
3.98 avg rating — 25,126 ratings — published 1902 — 175 editions
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The Call of the Wild, White...
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4.05 avg rating — 22,613 ratings — published 1903 — 62 editions
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The Scarlet Plague
3.75 avg rating — 12,911 ratings — published 1912 — 1790 editions
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The Iron Heel
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3.78 avg rating — 11,563 ratings — published 1908 — 1882 editions
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The Star Rover
4.19 avg rating — 9,766 ratings — published 1914 — 1085 editions
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Series by Jack London

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Before Adam & Other Stories The Iron Heel & Other Stories The Star Rover & Other Stories
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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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