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The Little Lady of the Big House
Rancher Dick Forrest finds himself in the midst of a horrific and utterly unexpected predicament - his wife Paula has fallen in love with another man. The man who has become the …
Moon-Face and Other Stories
We’ve all taken a dislike to someone for no real reason. But few of us nurture this hatred like the narrator of "Moon-Face".The target of his irrational malice is a man named John …
The Acorn Planter
The relationship between indigenous people and American settlers has historically been a strained one, and California’s Sonoma Valley is no exception. Red Cloud is a local …
The Strength of the Strong
Old Long-Beard is an early caveman who wears bearskin and eats with his hands. His life might seem simple, but the truth is something different – his society was once complex and …
The Jacket
You can’t move. You can hardly breathe. Your mind is the only escape you have. That’s what Daniel Stranding discovers in San Quentin prison. Strapped into a straitjacket, he learns …
When God Laughs and Other Stories
Loretta is a young woman, and seriously heartbroken. She seeks for comfort in her older sister Daisy. Daisy’s husband decides to send Loretta to live with another couple; that way …
Grit of Women
The temperature has fallen below –55 degree celsius in Klondike, Canada. The men are shivering, and they are trying their best to get their hands warm next to the stove. Soon one …
The Iron Heel
"The Iron Heel" is a dystopian novel by Jack London, thought by some to be one of the earliest examples in the genre. Set in the United States, it deals with possible future …
The enemy of all the world
Emil Gluck was a scientific genius, who had just gone to the electric chair because of the terrible, terrible things he had done between the years 1933 and 1941. However, life had …
The Sea-Wolf
‘The Sea-Wolf’ is a 1904 psychological adventure novel by American novelist Jack London.The book's protagonist, Humphrey van Weyden, is a millionaire literary critic who is a …
War of the Classes
Jack London grew up in abject poverty, scraping by through a combination of both legal and under-the-table ways of making money since he was a boy. He was a sailor and at one point …
Susikoira
Kun kultakuume riehuu 1890-luvulla Yukonin armottomassa erämaassa Kanadassa, Valkohammas-niminen susikoira alkaa kesyyntyä. Teos on kirjoitettu pääosin susikoiran näkökulmasta, ja …