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1Call of the Wild

By Jack London

In this novel (often mistakenly classified a children’s book) the main protagonist Buck, a St. Bernard/Collie mix, is abducted and sold to a trainer of sled dogs in Alaska. He adapts to the brutal conditions and is finally acquired by a loving man. When this new owner is killed, Buck follows the ‘call of the wild’ and joins a pack of wolves. (Summary written by Gesine)

2White Fang

By Jack London

<i>White Fang</i> (1906) was written as a companion to Jack London's successful <a href="http://librivox.org/call-of-the-wild-by-jack-london/"><i>Call of the Wild</i></a> (1903). It is the tale of a wild dog born in the wild and eventually brought to civilization. The story is viewed primarily through the eyes of its canine protagonist and deals with themes of morality and redemption. (Summary by Gord Mackenzie.)<br /><br /> Part 1, Chapter 1 read by Richard Hart<br> Part 3, Chapters 3 & 4 read by Stephen Gilbert<br> Part 4, Chapters 5 & 6 read by Todd Fadoir

3Faith of Men

By Jack London

A collection of short stories by author Jack London.

4Cruise of the Snark

By Jack London

The Cruise of the Snark (1913) is a memoir of Jack and Charmian London's 1907-1909 voyage across the Pacific. His descriptions of "surf-riding", which he dubbed a "royal sport", helped introduce it to and popularize it with the mainland. London writes:<br /><br /> Through the white crest of a breaker suddenly appears a dark figure, erect, a man-fish or a sea-god, on the very forward face of the crest where the top falls over and down, driving in toward shore, buried to his loins in smoking spray, caught up by the sea and flung landward, bodily, a quarter of a mile. It is a Kanaka on a surf-board. And I know that when I have finished these lines I shall be out in that riot of colour and pounding surf, trying to bit those breakers even as he, and failing as he never failed, but living life as the best of us may live it.<br /> (Excerpted from Wikipedia)

5John Barleycorn or Alcoholic Memoirs

By Jack London

Jack London died at the age of forty. In this autobiographical work, London describes his life as seen through the eyes of John Barleycorn (alcohol). There is much controversy about the cause of his death just as there is about alcoholism and addiction. London's brutally frank and honest analysis of his own struggles and bouts with alcohol was way before its time and more modern theories of addiction. With remarkable candor and insight, London describes the demons and gods he encountered through both friend and enemy, John Barleycorn. (Summary by Peter Kelleher)

6Sea Wolf

By Jack London

The Sea-Wolf is a novel written in 1904 by American author Jack London. An immediate bestseller, the first printing of forty thousand copies was sold out before publication. Of it, Ambrose Bierce wrote "The great thing—and it is among the greatest of things—is that tremendous creation, Wolf Larsen... the hewing out and setting up of such a figure is enough for a man to do in one lifetime." (Summary by Wikipedia)

7Scarlet Plague

By Jack London

Known mainly for his tales of adventure, this work of science fiction by Jack London is set in a post-apocalyptic future. <br /><br /> It's 2072, sixty years after the scarlet plague has depopulated the planet. James Howard Smith is one of the few survivors of the pre-plague era left alive in the San Francisco area, and as he realizes his time grows short, he tries to impart the value of knowledge and wisdom to his grandsons. Through his narrative, we learn how the plague spread throughout the world and of the struggles of the handful of survivors it left in its wake.<br /><br /> The Scarlet Plague was originally published in London Magazine in 1912.<br /> (Summary by Wikipedia and James Christopher)

8People of the Abyss

By Jack London

Jack London lived for a time within the grim and grimy world of the East End of London, where half a million people scraped together hardly enough on which to survive. Even if they were able to work, they were paid only enough to allow them a pitiful existence. He grew to know and empathise with these forgotten (or ignored) people as he spoke with them and tasted the workhouse, life on the streets, ... and the food, which was cheap, barely nutritious, and foul.<br><br> He writes about his experiences in a fluid and narrative style, making it very clear what he thinks of the social structures which created the Abyss, and of the millionaires who live high on the labours of a people forced to live in squalor. "... The food this managing class eats, the wine it drinks, ... the fine clothes it wears, are challenged by eight million mouths which have never had enough to fill them, and by twice eight million bodies which have never been sufficiently clothed and housed."<br> (Summary by Peter Yearsley)

9Iron Heel

By Jack London

A dystopian novel about the terrible oppressions of an American oligarchy at the beginning of the Twentieth Century, and the struggles of a socialist revolutionary movement. (Introduction by Matt Soar)

10Call of the Wild (Version 2)

By Jack London

This is the story of Buck, dog napped from sunny California to snowy Arctic during the Alaska gold rush. This deservedly famous book has been already recorded by LibriVox and downloaded more than 100,000 times. Why, then, would anyone suggest another recording? Because this will be a Solo recording. One of the joys of LibriVox is also a source of frustration for some listeners. That is, getting used to a narrator just in time for it to change! So, with apologies to Gordon, Kristin, Jean, and Miette, I am doing a solo. (Introduction by Tom Crawford)<br /><br /> Please be aware this book contains graphic descriptions of unspeakable animal cruelty and violence.

11White Fang (Version 2)

By Jack London

When White Fang is birthed in a cave to a wolf sire and a wolf/dog halfbreed dam, he is heir to two traditions. At first he is content to explore and learn laws of the Wild. But then his mother is caught and held by old memories of a past relationship with Man, and White Fang follows her into service with the Indians. Life among sled dogs is hardly less cruel and dangerous than living in the Wild, but brutality notches upward when his drunken master sells him to a nasty, twisted hanger-on at a riverside town of white men. He is stripped of everything soft and gentle when forced to fight to the death for a crowd of bettors.<br><br>Taming this savage spirit and reclaiming the nobility within looks impossible. Fortunately, and heart-warmingly, a man arrives in White Fang's life to try.<br><br>"White Fang" is often called the mirror image of Jack London's acclaimed "The Call of the Wild" in which a dog follows the reverse arc from tame to free. (summary by Mark)

12Call of the Wild (Version 3)

By Jack London

Buck is living a happy life in California until he is sold to pay a gambling debt. Taken to the Klondike to become a sled dog, Buck must toughen up and learn the harsher rules of survival in the North. One of the first of these is how to deal with being harnessed in the same team as a dog that wants to kill him.<br><br>Large, strong and smart, Buck toughens to his new life. But even the toughest dog can be worn down by constant work, and after 3,000 miles of pulling sleds, Buck nears the end of his rope.<br><br>Cast away as no longer useful, Buck is acquired by greenhorns whose inexperience nearly kills him, but after being saved by John Thornton, he at last finds a man he can love.<br><br>Then on a remote gold-hunting expedition, Buck hears a call emanating from the woods and speaking to the wild heart of his distant ancestors. The lure of it almost balances the great love he bears for Thornton, but events take him away from his old life... and into legend. (summary by Mark F. Smith)

13Mutiny of the Elsinore

By Jack London

This is the story of a voyage of a sailing ship from Baltimore to Seattle, east-to-west around Cape Horn in the winter. It is set in 1913 and the glory days of “wooden ships and iron men” are long over. The Elsinore is a four-masted iron sailing vessel carrying a cargo of 5000 tons of coal. She has a “bughouse” crew of misfits and incompetents.<br><br>This book was published in 1915 and some actions of some of the characters seem odd to us today. There is romance, but it is strangely platonic. Two important characters disappear with no real explanation. The disparity between the officers on the one hand and the fo’c’sle on the other is striking (literally). Some people will be offended by the bigotry.<br><br>The “men against the sea” descriptions -and the weather descriptions- are among Jack London’s finest. In my opinion he is right up there with Joseph Conrad and Joshua Slocum in this effort. We also have a mutiny, complete with shootings and deliberate starvation. My personal favorite is chapter 38.<br><br>Note: The chapter titles were assigned by the reader. London gave only numbers. (Introduction by Tom Crawford)

14Martin Eden

By Jack London

Martin Eden (1909) is a novel by American author Jack London, about a struggling young writer. It was first serialized in the Pacific Monthly magazine from September 1908 to September 1909, and subsequently published in book form by The Macmillan Company in September 1909.<BR>This book is a favorite among writers, who relate to Martin Eden's speculation that when he mailed off a manuscript, 'there was no human editor at the other end, but a mere cunning arrangement of cogs that changed the manuscript from one envelope to another and stuck on the stamps,' returning it automatically with a rejection slip.<BR>While some readers believe there is some resemblance between them, an important difference between Jack London and Martin Eden is that Martin Eden rejects socialism (attacking it as 'slave morality'), and relies on a Nietzschean individualism. In a note to Upton Sinclair, Jack London wrote, "One of my motifs, in this book, was an attack on individualism (in the person of the hero). I must have bungled, for not a single reviewer has discovered it." (Introduction by Wikipedia)

Als de Natuur Roept (The Call of the Wild) is een roman van de Amerikaanse schrijver Jack London. Het verhaal gaat over een eerder gedomesticeerde hond genaamd Buck. Zijn oer-instincten keren terug na een reeks van gebeurtenissen die ertoe leiden dat hij een sledehond wordt in de Yukon in de 19e-eeuwse Klondike Gold Rush, waar sledehonden werden gekocht tegen zeer royale prijzen.

16Jacket

By Jack London

A framing story is told in the first person by Darrell Standing, a university professor serving life imprisonment in San Quentin State Prison for murder. Prison officials try to break his spirit by means of a torture device called "the jacket," a canvas jacket which can be tightly laced so as to compress the whole body, inducing angina. Standing discovers how to withstand the torture by entering a kind of trance state, in which he walks among the stars and experiences portions of past lives.<br><br> The jacket itself was actually used at San Quentin at the time and Jack London's descriptions of it were based on interviews with a former convict named Ed Morrell, which is also the name of a character in the novel. For his role in the Sontag and Evans gang which robbed the Southern Pacific Railroad in the 1890s, Morrell spent fourteen years in California prisons (1894-1908), five of them in solitary confinement. London championed his pardon. After his release, Morrell was a frequent guest at London's Beauty Ranch. (Introduction by Wikipedia)

17Game

By Jack London

Jack London wrote at least four stories about boxing; A Piece of Steak (1909), The Mexican (1911), The Abysmal Brute (1911), and The Game (1905). The Game is told, in part, from the point of view of a woman, the fiancée of one of the competitors. This is to be his last fight and they are to be married on the morrow. Against her better judgment, she agrees to watch the bout. (Introduction by Tom Crawford)

'Pit-tah, de Grijze Wolf' (White Fang), de opvolger van 'Als de Natuur Roept' (The Call of the Wild), onderzoekt de gewelddadige wereld van de wilde dieren en de al even gewelddadige wereld van de mens. <br /> London volgt het leven van Pit-tah, een wolfshond, vanaf zijn geboorte. Het verhaal is geschreven vanuit de beleving van de hond.

"Vóór Adam's tijd" is het verhaal van een jongen die droomt dat hij het leven leidt van een vroege mensachtige, Australopithecus. Het verhaal geeft een vroege visie op de menselijke evolutie weer. Het grootste deel van het verhaal wordt verteld door het prehistorische alter-ego van de jongen, één van de holenmensen. Naast de holenmensen waren er de geavanceerdere vuurmensen, en de primitievere bomenmensen. Ook wilde dieren, zoals een sabeltandtijger, spelen een rol. Samenvatting van Wikipedia

20Burning Daylight

By Jack London

Burning Daylight, Jack London's fictional novel published in 1910, was one of the best selling books of that year and it was his best selling book in his lifetime. The novel takes place in the Yukon Territory in 1893. The main character, nicknamed Burning Daylight was the most successful entrepreneur of the Alaskan Gold Rush. The story of the main character was partially based upon the life of Oakland entrepreneur "Borax" Smith. (Wikipedia)

21Stories of Ships and the Sea

By Jack London

5 Exciting short stories by one of Americas best story tellers (Summary by William Tomcho)

22Valley of the Moon

By Jack London

The novel Valley of the Moon is a story of a working-class couple, Billy and Saxon Roberts, struggling laborers in Oakland at the Turn-of-the-Century, who left the city life behind and searched Central and Northern California for a suitable farmland to own. The book is notable for the scenes in which the proletarian hero enjoys fellowship with the artists' colony in Carmel, and he settles in the Valley of the Moon. (Summary by Wikipedia)

23Revolution, and other Essays

By Jack London

A collection of 13 essays written between 1900 and 1908, published in 1910. The lead essay, "Revolution", outlines how and why London renounced capitalism as a failed social system and declared himself an active participant in the "socialist revolution", the last essay is an autobiographical piece, and the essays in between are on diverse subjects. A few of the “essays” are actually humorous short fiction stories; others are serious, sometimes angry rants against capitalistic greed and political corruption. All of the pieces are thought-provoking and excellently written, though only loosely intellectual, highly opinionated, and rife with contradiction, as was London himself. -- Summary by Michele Fry

24Before Adam

By Jack London

Before Adam is a mixture of sound science and sci-fi speculation. It is based around Darwin's theory of evolution and the idea of racial memory. The main character lives in the current world but has dreams and nightmares that he relives the pre-stone age life of one of his proto-human ancestors. Those who are scientifically inclined may enjoy this novel more than fans of "standard" science fiction such as Edgar Rice Burroughs. (Summary by Tom Weiss)

25Road

By Jack London

Jack London credited his skill of story-telling to the days he spent as a hobo learning to fabricate tales to get meals from sympathetic strangers. In The Road, he relates the tales and memories of his days on the hobo road, including how the hobos would elude train crews and his travels with Kelly’s Army. - Summary by Barry Eads

26Tales of the Fish Patrol

By Jack London

Wildest among the fisher-folk may be accounted the Chinese shrimp-catchers. It is the habit of the shrimp to crawl along the bottom in vast armies till it reaches fresh water, when it turns about and crawls back again to the salt. And where the tide ebbs and flows, the Chinese sink great bag-nets to the bottom, with gaping mouths, into which the shrimp crawls and from which it is transferred to the boiling-pot. This in itself would not be bad, were it not for the small mesh of the nets, so small that the tiniest fishes, little new-hatched things not a quarter of an inch long, cannot pass through. The beautiful beaches of Points Pedro and Pablo, where are the shrimp-catchers villages, are made fearful by the stench from myriads of decaying fish, and against this wasteful destruction it has ever been the duty of the fish patrol to act. These stories are set in the waterways around San Francisco Bay and involve the fish patrol with a variety of characters of different ethnicity and cultural backgrounds. ( Description from the opening of "White and Yellow" by Jack London, with addition by Don W. Jenkins)

27Daughter of the Snows

By Jack London

In Jack London's first novel, he tells the story of Frona Welse, a strong and interesting heroine, "a Stanford graduate and physical Valkyrie," who heads to the Yukon gold fields after creating a stir in her hometown by being strong and forthright and by befriending the town's prostitute. In the course of her adventures, she finds herself at the distaff point of a love triangle. This novel contains very overt racial and gender stereotypes and as such reflects the attitudes growing in society at the time it was written. It is the practice at LibriVox to record works as they stand, without judgment. - Summary by Don W. Jenkins

28Sea Wolf - Version 2

By Jack London

The Sea-Wolf is a 1904 psychological adventure novel by American novelist Jack London about a literary critic, survivor of an ocean collision, who comes under the dominance of Wolf Larsen, the powerful and amoral sea captain who rescues him. - Summary by Wikipedia

29By The Turtles of Tasman

By Jack London

Turn of the century sibling rivalry between successful but uptight California businessman and his ne'er-do-well older brother, both widowers with equally-different 20-ish daughters. Written in 1911. - Summary by BellonaTimes

30Call of the Wild (version 4)

By Jack London

The Call of the Wild is a novel by Jack London published in 1903. The story is set in the Yukon during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush—a period in which strong sled dogs were in high demand. The novel's central character is a dog named Buck, a domesticated dog living at a ranch in the Santa Clara Valley of California as the story opens. Stolen from his home and sold into service as sled dog in Alaska, he reverts to a wild state. Buck is forced to fight in order to dominate other dogs in a harsh climate. Eventually he sheds the veneer of civilization, relying on primordial instincts and learned experience to emerge as a leader in the wild. The terrible, never relenting work of pulling sleds in sub-freezing temperatures combined with little food and rest quickly killed any dog not extremely tough. It almost kills Buck but his fierce determination to survive finally brings him through. </p> London lived for most of a year in the Yukon collecting material for the book.</p>

31When God Laughs, and Other Stories

By Jack London

This collection of Jack London's short stories touches on a variety of topics, from his love of boxing, to relationships between criminals, to the trials of life and travel on many frontiers, to an allegory about a king who desired a nose. London is considered a master of the short story, a form much more to his liking and personality than his novels. He was active and quick of mind and the short story suited him well. - Summary by Don W. Jenkins

32Dutch Courage and Other Stories

By Jack London

Jack London was quoted as saying, "I've never written a line that I'd be ashamed for my young daughters to read, and I never shall write such a line!" After his death in 1916, his wife Charmian assembled a collection of stories, most of which he had written for young readers, but at least one of which was for more mature readers, "Whose Business is to Live." Like most of London's work, his short stories could be read by young readers and then again when they were older with mature minds. These stories draw from London's own extensive experience in the world and demonstrate the dictum that "good writing is good writing" no matter for whom it was written. - Summary by Don W. Jenkins

33Cruise of the Dazzler

By Jack London

Young Joe Bronson, caught between poor grades and his father's threats of military school, runs away from home. He joins the crew of a sloop named the <i>Dazzler,</i> but quickly figures out his captain, Pete Le Maire (nicknamed "French Pete") frequently engages himself and those at his command in criminal activity. Will Joe be able to escape this unwanted and dangerous new life at sea? <br></br>Published in 1902, Jack London sold this book (his first full-length novel) as a boy's adventure novel set in San Francisco, his hometown. In his autobiography, London recalls lifting several more elements in this novel from his adolescence, as in youth he bought a sloop called the <i>Razzle Dazzle</i> from a oyster pirate nicknamed "French Frank." - Summary by Mary Kay

34Abysmal Brute

By Jack London

Young Pat Glendon is twenty-two years old, weighs two-hundred and twenty pounds, has never drunk alcohol nor tasted tobacco and knows little of city life. He’s all muscle, moves with cat-like grace and possesses great stamina and strength acquired from living natural in the wilds of northern California with his father. Young Pat is a natural at prize-fighting. In addition to his brawn he has speed and a natural instinct for the sport. His father, a former heavyweight prize-fighter himself, has trained Young Pat and believes it is time for the boy to take on the heavyweight world. But being in poor health, the elder Glendon enlists Sam Stubener of San Francisco to be the boy’s manager with instructions to protect the boy from the rottenness of the sport.<br><br> Jack London’s The Abysmal Brute is a story about naivete and natural athleticism against the brutishness and corruption of professional boxing, intertwined with a touching romance. This novel was twice made into movies: The Abysmal Brute (1923) and Conflict (1936), the latter starring John Wayne as Young Pat Glendon. (Summary by Warren Kati)

35Strength of the Strong

By Jack London

Seven short stories, written around the middle of London's writing career. The stories take place in diverse settings and time periods, from prehistoric times to the future. Plots include a worldwide work strike, a sociopath serial killer, a sailor returning home after years at sea, and more. (Summary by TriciaG)

36Hearts of Three

By Jack London

Francis Morgan, a wealthy heir of industrialist and Wall Street maven Richard Henry Morgan, is a jaded young New Yorker. When his father's business partner Thomas Regan suggests that Francis take a holiday in Central America, ostensibly to search for the treasure of the Morgans' legendary ancestor, Francis thinks it's a splendid idea. But he never suspects what adventures await across the border... - Summary by Goodreads <BR><BR>Cast List:<BR><BR>Narrator: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/13661">Lynette Caulkins</a><br> Francis Morgan: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/17313">john warren hart</a><br> Henry Morgan: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/16758">Benjamin Tucker</a><br> Leoncia Solano: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/16999">Krista Zaleski</a><br> Parker and Priest of the Sun: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/16205">James R. Hedrick</a><br> Thomas Regan: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/15042">John Payton</a><br> Señor Álvarez Torres and Yi Poon: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/12980">Wayne Cooke</a><br> Señor Mariano Vercara è Hijos and Bascom: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8011">Greg Giordano</a><br> Enrico Solano and Lieutenant Parsons: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/6754">Todd</a><br> Alesandro Solano: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/17384">Ted Perkins</a><br> Martinez Solano, Gendarme, Overseer Ramirez: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/17752">redrun</a><br> Alvarado Solano: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/14540">Andrew Gaunce</a><br> Ricardo Solano, Juchitán Haciendado: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/17662">Inkell</a><br> Solano Maid: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/17755">Eileen Ellen</a><br> Solano Servant 1, Trefethen's Sailor, Carib, Haciendado 3, Caroo, and Newspaper Pedlar: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10542">David Purdy</a><br> Solano Servant 2, Percival, Carib, Old Buccaneer Henry Morgan, Guillermo, Panamanian Judge, Lost Soul, and Canoe Indian: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/18054">John Kennard</a><br> Mayan Lad and José, a Mayan youth: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/9835">Elijah Fisher</a><br> Captain Trefethen: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/17101">Max Magnus</a><br> Carib: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/13265">Yuqing</a><br> Pedro Zurita and Police Lt. Burns: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/13706">Scott Caulkins</a><br> Rafael and Charlie Tippery: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/13257">Elsie Selwyn</a><br> Ignacio and Blind One's Leader: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/17524">Joe Bergin</a><br> Augustino, Capitán Rosaro, and Johnny Pathmore: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/4570">Bill Mosley</a><br> Haciendado 2 and Vicente: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/12948">Major Toast</a><br> Oil Man and Peter McGill: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/17120">Archives27</a><br> Beleaguered Peon and Bear Broker: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/17576">Beeswaxcandle</a><br> The Blind Brigand: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8425">Larry Wilson</a><br> The Blind One's Daughter: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/15771">Eliza</a><br>Old Maya: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10179">Sonia</a><br> José Mancheno and Old Wreck: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/13577">Adrian Stephens</a><br> Daughter of the Sun Priest and Concordia: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/16615">Marie Christian</a><br> The Sun Queen: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/13140">Jenn Broda</a><br> Lost Soul: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/6548">Kristin G</a><br> Lost Soul: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/17763">Christine Bowden</a><br> Lost Soul: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/7026">Michele Eaton</a><br> Nicoya: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/17004">Miss Kay</a><br> Rodriguez Fernandez: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/11331">Scotty Smith</a><br> Broken Woman: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/16957">Dawn Sutton</a><br>

37Smoke Bellew

By Jack London

Smoke Bellew, or really Jack London, leaves his less than satisfying writing job in San Francisco for the opportunity to search for gold in the Klondike region while writing about his adventures there. Smoke Bellew is the collection of the resulting twelve essay / stories.

38Call of the Wild (Version 5)

By Jack London

Buck, a magnificent mix of St. Bernard and Scotch shepherd dog, rules contentedly at Judge Miller’s place in California’s Santa Clara Valley. But 1897 brings the Klondike Gold Rush, and Buck is the perfect kind of dog to service sleds—so he is stolen and spirited away to the Northland. There he learns a hard life at the hands of tough men and competing sled dogs, which sharpen his instincts and survival skills. Thousands of miles of grueling sled travel and toil nearly wear Buck out, until chance in the form of John Thornton saves him. This “ideal master” proves the only man worthy of Buck’s unconditional love. Despite his newfound companionship, however, the growing lure of Buck’s primitive ancestral heritage, the “song of a younger world” awakened by the wild harsh beauty of his environment, vies for that love. Only chance once again resolves the tension between love and nature… and allows Buck to fulfill his glorious, bittersweet destiny.<br /><br /> A personal note from the reader: I think that my characterization of this book follows the way I found myself reading it. For best listening experience, use headphones. (Not earbuds, unless they are of high quality!) - Summary by Jeff Clark

39South Sea Tales

By Jack London

The eight short stories that comprise South Sea Tales are powerful tales that vividly evoke the early 1900’s colonial South Pacific islands. Tales of hurricanes, missionaries, brotherhood and seafaring are intertwined with enslavement, savagery, and lawless trading to expose the often-barbarous history of the South Pacific islands. You will also gain unsparing insight into the life, culture and relations between natives and Westerners during this period. If you like nautical and sea adventures, if you are interested in the history of the South Pacific islands, and especially if you want to read gripping tales set in the exotic lands, then this book will be perfect for you. However, please be forewarned that it does contain racist content. (Warren Kati - compiled from several book reviews)

A collection of adult stories - sad, humorous, and adventurous - about Man's Best Friend. <b>NOTE</b>: Some of these selections contain violence and racial stereotypes that will be objectionable to some listeners. - Summary by TriciaG

41Theft

By Jack London

This is a political play which is set in Washington DC. Howard Knox is a congressman and believes that there are corrupt practices going on at the firm of a very wealthy industrialist. Knox is being helped by the industrialists daughter who is helping him to locate documents that will support his claims. (Summary by Michele Eaton)<br><Br><b>Cast List:</b><br>Stage Directions: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/7026">Michele Eaton</a><br>Mrs Starkweather: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/15373">WendyKatzHiller</a><br>Knox: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/6754">ToddHW</a><br>Tommy: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/14361">Andrew Kennedy</a><br>Senator Dowsett, Servant, First Man: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/15900">Mike Furbee</a><br>Hubbard: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8425">Larry Wilson</a><br>Maid: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/16473">Sanarik Moirangthem</a><br>Sakari: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10542">David Purdy</a><br>Housekeeper: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/16409">Mira Williams</a><br>Dolores Ortega: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10179">Sonia</a><br>Mr Starkweather: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/12980">Wayne Cooke</a><br>Linda: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/15580">Joanna Michal Hoyt</a><br>Second Man: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/16463">Jake Malizia</a><br>Dobleman: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8011">Greg Giordano</a><br>Mrs Dowsett: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/16499">gracenfisk224</a><br>Margaret: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/13717">Matea Bracic</a><br>Chalmers: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/14309">Cavaet</a><br>Connie: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/4174">Availle</a><br>Rutland, Gifford: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/7170">Alan Mapstone</a><br>

42Viimeinen ottelu (The Game)

By Jack London

This is a political play which is set in Washington DC. Howard Knox is a congressman and believes that there are corrupt practices going on at the firm of a very wealthy industrialist. Knox is being helped by the industrialists daughter who is helping him to locate documents that will support his claims. (Summary by Michele Eaton)<br><Br><b>Cast List:</b><br>Stage Directions: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/7026">Michele Eaton</a><br>Mrs Starkweather: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/15373">WendyKatzHiller</a><br>Knox: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/6754">ToddHW</a><br>Tommy: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/14361">Andrew Kennedy</a><br>Senator Dowsett, Servant, First Man: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/15900">Mike Furbee</a><br>Hubbard: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8425">Larry Wilson</a><br>Maid: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/16473">Sanarik Moirangthem</a><br>Sakari: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10542">David Purdy</a><br>Housekeeper: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/16409">Mira Williams</a><br>Dolores Ortega: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10179">Sonia</a><br>Mr Starkweather: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/12980">Wayne Cooke</a><br>Linda: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/15580">Joanna Michal Hoyt</a><br>Second Man: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/16463">Jake Malizia</a><br>Dobleman: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8011">Greg Giordano</a><br>Mrs Dowsett: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/16499">gracenfisk224</a><br>Margaret: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/13717">Matea Bracic</a><br>Chalmers: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/14309">Cavaet</a><br>Connie: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/4174">Availle</a><br>Rutland, Gifford: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/7170">Alan Mapstone</a><br>

43Night-Born

By Jack London

Ten short stories on various themes and subjects, all more or less bizarre.<br><br> <i>The Night-Born</i> is about a woman who draws inspiration to change her life from an article she chanced to read.<br><br> In <i>The Benefit of the Doubt</i>, a crooked judge gets a lesson in justice.<br><br> <i>When The World Was Young</i> is the story of Primitive Man and Civilized Man sharing the same body.<br><br> And so on. Each story is unique and thought-provoking. (Summary by TriciaG)

44Lost Face (and Other Stories)

By Jack London

Seven stories by Jack London, set in the Yukon and other northwestern localities. The most well-known story in this collection is probably <i>To Build a Fire</i>, which is often taught in American high school classrooms. - Summary by TriciaG

Well-known and well-regarded author Jack London, known for adventurous stories of the outdoors such as Call of the Wild and White Fang shows us a broader scope of interest in his short stories which here run the gamut from darkly comic tales of murder most foul to light and frothy tales of newspapermen (and women) and from crackling sci-fi to stories of sinister shadowy organizations and spiritualism, London illustrates the many talents he holds as a writer beyond his tales of the frozen north. (Summary by Ben Tucker)

46Children of the Frost

By Jack London

A collection of Native American short stories by author Jack London. This anthology promises to deliver wonderful tales from one of the greatest short story writers of all time. - Summary by Anthony Karl Futterer

47Red One

By Jack London

Famous American author Jack London brings us four more tales of adventure. "The Red One" is the story of an explorer who tangles with cannibals to discover a mysterious artifact of possible otherworldly origins, "The Hussy" and "Like Argus of Ancient Times" are both adventurous stories of quests for gold, and "The Princess" is a rousing tale of adventure on the high seas. (Summary by Ben Tucker)

48Human Drift

By Jack London

<em>The Human Drift</em> is a posthumous collection of famous author Jack London's miscellaneous writings, including multiple essays of one of his favorite subjects, sea travel. The centerpiece of the collection is the title essay, London's rumination on human history and existence, and is a broadly sweeping and intelligent piece of writing that showcases London's acute and observant thoughts on evolution and man's place in the universe.<br> The collection also includes two one-act plays written by London that have been previously dramatized and cataloged in the <a href="https://librivox.org/one-act-play-collection-018-by-various/ ">One Act Play Collection 018</a>. (Summary by Ben Tucker)

49Son of the Wolf

By Jack London

The Son of the Wolf is Jack London's first published collection of stories and features tales chronicling the harsh realities of living in the frozen North during the Yukon Gold Rush. Included are stories of resilience in the face of adversity, struggles for survival against the elements and against fellow man. Witness the genesis of a master storyteller honing his craft and showcasing why London is considered one of the finest writers of short stories in American literature. - Summary by Ben Tucker

50Love of Life and Other Stories

By Jack London

"Love Of Life" (1906) is a collection of stories set in the Yukon of men, women and animals fighting for survival over the elements and over others. Greed, love, revenge -- all that is bad and good in humanity. (Summary by TriciaG)