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In the frozen, unforgiving vastness of the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush, a domestic world is shattered. Buck, a powerful St. Bernard-Scotch Collie mix, is stolen from his comfortable California estate and sold into the brutal life of an Arctic sled dog. Thrust...
In the early 20th century, the acclaimed socialist writer Jack London peered into the future—and foresaw a century of dystopian terror. The Iron Heel is not a tale of adventure in the frozen North, but a chilling and prophetic political novel. Presented as a manuscript...
From the author of The Call of the Wild comes a mirror-image masterpiece—the journey not from civilization to the wild, but from the savage heart of nature toward the tentative light of trust. Born in the merciless wilderness, White Fang is a magnificent hybrid:...
Jack London’s Martin Eden is a searing and semi-autobiographical novel that traces the brutal ascent—and devastating cost—of self-made success. Set in the vibrant, turn-of-the-century San Francisco Bay Area, it is the story of a rugged, uneducated sailor who, inspired...
Anthony Patch, handsome, Harvard-educated, and heir to a vast fortune, has one purpose in life: to await his inheritance and live with exquisite taste. Gloria Gilbert, a breathtaking flapper, is a vision of Jazz Age glamour, radiating vitality and a thirst for endless...
In the stark, fog-bound heart of St. Petersburg, two young clerks share a bond of profound friendship. Arkady Ivanovich, solid and pragmatic, watches with growing concern as his ecstatic friend Vasya Shumkov prepares for his wedding. Vasya is overwhelmed not by fear,...
Step into the dazzling, uncertain world of America's coming of age in the wake of World War I. In this brilliant debut collection of short stories, F. Scott Fitzgerald, the undisputed chronicler of the Jazz Age, introduces the archetype that would define an era: the...
Long considered the essential precursor to The Great Gatsby, "Winter Dreams" distills F. Scott Fitzgerald's most enduring themes into a single, piercing novella. It is a luminous and tragic exploration of the American Dream's irresistible promise and its devastating...
Born in Newgate Prison, the notorious Moll Flanders is destined for a life of turmoil and scandal. Determined to survive and prosper by any means necessary in the cutthroat society of 17th-century England, she navigates a world where a woman has few options and even...
From a childhood of bliss in Suffolk to the grim despair of a London bottling factory, from the eccentric kindness of his great-aunt Betsey Trotwood to the cruel neglect of his stepfather, the life of David Copperfield is a tapestry woven with the brightest and darkest...
Disregarding his family’s wise counsel, young Robinson Crusoe is driven by a reckless desire to seek his fortune at sea. His fateful decision catapults him into a world of adventure, danger, and unparalleled solitude. After a series of misadventures—including capture...
In the microcosm of the sailing ship Narcissus, homeward bound from Bombay to London, Joseph Conrad creates an unforgettable drama of collective endurance and individual frailty. The crew, a diverse brotherhood of seasoned sailors, finds its unity and purpose tested by...
In his first collection of short stories, Joseph Conrad, the peerless chronicler of moral crisis, turns his gaze from the high seas to the even more perilous terrain of the soul. Tales of Unrest gathers five masterful explorations of obsession, fear, and the fragility...
In the volatile, silver-rich republic of Costaguana, a man’s reputation is his most precious possession. Nostromo, the magnificent "man of the people," is celebrated for his daring, integrity, and indispensable service to the European oligarchs who control the country's...
Captain Tom MacWhirr is not a man of imagination. A stoic, literal-minded sailor of the British Merchant Marine, he commands the Nan-Shan with quiet, unshakeable routine, finding the flamboyant language of weather reports "unprofessional" and unnecessary. When his...
In this masterful collection of six tales, Joseph Conrad, the unparalleled chronicler of the human spirit under pressure, turns his penetrating gaze from the high seas to the tangled passions and political intrigues of the European continent. A Set of Six showcases the...
Haunted by a single moment of catastrophic failure, Jim is a young, idealistic British seaman disgraced in the eyes of the world and, more tormentingly, in his own. After abandoning his seemingly sinking ship along with the rest of its cowardly crew, he is forced to...
A Tale of Impossible Duty, Forbidden Love, and Ultimate Sacrifice. Set against the turbulent backdrop of the Malay Archipelago, The Rescue is Joseph Conrad's sweeping romantic epic—his final and most personal word on the "Lingard" trilogy. Tom Lingard, the fearless and...
“Only the young have such moments,” begins Joseph Conrad’s most personal and poignant tale of the sea. An impulsive resignation from a comfortable ship leaves a young seaman adrift in an Eastern port, restless and filled with “the subtle and desolating fear of...
On the threshold of his first command, a young and untested sea captain stands alone on the deck of his ship, anchored in the oppressive stillness of the Gulf of Siam. He feels himself a stranger to his crew and doubts his own authority—a soul adrift in his own...
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