The Jack London Classics Collection: The Call of the Wild, White Fang, The Sea-Wolf, Martin Eden, The Iron Heel

Five Novels In One! In one, compact volume, Jack London's five most popular and influential classic novels:The Call of the WildWhite FangThe Sea-WolfMartin EdenThe Iron HeelJohn London (1876 – 1916) was an American novelist and social activist. A pioneering writer of commercial fiction, he became one of the first American authors to become a true international literary celebrity and was an innovator in the development of the genre of science fiction. He continues to be remembered as one of the most enduringly popular and influential American authors of his era, beloved by readers young and old. His most famous works include The Call of the Wild and White Fang, both set in the Klondike Gold Rush, as well as the short stories "To Build a Fire", "An Odyssey of the North", and "Love of Life". He also wrote about the South Pacific in stories such as "The Pearls of Parlay", and "The Heathen". Also popular was his psychological adventure novel The Sea-Wolf, featuring one of his most memorable characters, sea captain Wolf Larsen, his künstlerroman Martin Eden, focused on the coming of age of a self-taught aspiring writer, and the dystopian sci-fi novel The Iron Heel.London was a member of "The Crowd" -- a San Francisco-based literary group dedicated to radical politics -- and was a passionate advocate for unionization, socialism, and eugenics, topics he often addressed in his writing, including in The Iron Heel, The People of the Abyss, War of the Classes, and Before Adam. Read more