In the last part of the nineteenth century Jack London visited the Klondike in northwest Canada because he wanted to find gold. He didn?ft find any but he returned with a story that is now one of America ? fs greatest classics. This is the story of Buck, a wonderful, big dog.
[lire la quatrième du livre The Call of the Wild]
The biting cold and the aching silence of the far North become an unforgettable backdrop for Jack London's vivid, rousing, superbly realistic wilderness adventure stories featuring the author's unique knowledge of the Yukon and the behavior of humans and animals facing nature at its cruelest.
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The Call of the Wild is the story of Buck who starts life as a domestic dog but is suddenly stolen and sold to gold prospectors. He enters a world that is entirely foreign to him and his natural, wild dog's instincts are awakened.
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Born into poverty, Jack London led a knockabout existence before achieving success as one of the most popular authors of his era. In the course of his brief but active life, he sought adventure—as a hobo, prospector, sailor, and a dozen other occupations—along with self-education from the works of Marx, Darwin, Nietzsche, and Jung.
The vitality and variety of London's experiences are [...]
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Édition bilingue français-anglais.
The Law of Life, La loi de la vie ;Love of Life, La rage de vivre ;To build a Fire, Construire un feu.
La série bilingue propose :une traduction fidèle et intégrale, accompagnée de nombreuses notes ;une méthode originale de perfectionnement par un contact direct avec les œuvres d'auteurs étrangers.
[lire la quatrième du livre Histoires du Grand Nord]
Set in San Francisco, this is the story of Martin Eden, an impoverished seaman who pursues, obsessively and aggressively, dreams of education and literary fame.
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