All Formats & Editions

John Griffith "Jack" London (born John Griffith Chaney, January 12, 1876 - November 22, 1916) was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist. A pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction, he was one of the first fiction writers to obtain worldwide... Read Full Overview

Adventure is a novel by Jack London released in 1911 by The Macmillan Company. The novel explores the themes of domination of one people over the others, the differences between races, emancipation of women, and the strength of the human spirit, strengthened in a struggle with... Read Full Overview

John Griffith "Jack" London (born John Griffith Chaney, January 12, 1876 - November 22, 1916) was an American author, journalist, and social activist. He was a pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction and was one of the first fiction writers to obtain... Read Full Overview

American author Jack London's novel Adventure was first printed in 1911. The story is based on the adventures of a planter in the Solomon Islands, there were expeditions for capturing power, clashes among different groups, races etc. Women liberation and the depiction of courageous... Read Full Overview

John Griffith "Jack" London (born John Griffith Chaney, January 12, 1876 - November 22, 1916) was an American author, journalist, and social activist. He was a pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction and was one of the first fiction writers to obtain... Read Full Overview

Follows the "Adventure" of a plantation owner in the Solomon islands. Be warned, quite a bit of racism, and it doesn't seem to have any underlying message about that being a bad thing. Definitely one of those books that is a product of its time: "He was a very sick white man... Read Full Overview

"We are those fools who could not rest In the dull earth we left behind, But burned with passion for the West, And drank strange frenzy from its wind. The world where wise men live at ease Fades from our unregretful eyes, And blind across uncharted seas We stagger on our enterprise."... Read Full Overview

Located in the Solomon Islands, this devastating portrayal of copra plantation slavery has scholars arguing whether London was criticizing the racism of the colonialists or approving of it. (From http: //london.sonoma.edu/

John Griffith "Jack" London (born John Griffith Chaney, January 12, 1876 - November 22, 1916) was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist. A pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction, he was one of the first fiction writers to obtain worldwide... Read Full Overview

Adventure is a novel by Jack London released in 1911 by The Macmillan Company.The novel explores the themes of domination of one people over the others, the differences between races, emancipation of women, and the strength of the human spirit, strengthened in a struggle with... Read Full Overview