by Jack London · Puffin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140366693
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«The Call of the Wild» is Jack London's adventure novel, published by Puffin in paperback (144 pages, in English).
The novel follows Buck, a dog who enjoys a comfortable life in California until he is stolen and sold as a sled dog during the Klondike Gold Rush. In the Yukon, Buck learns to endure extreme cold, exhausting work, and the violence of other dogs, while a wild instinct grows ever more powerful within him.
The book was originally published in 1903; this 1994 edition belongs to the Puffin Classics collection and includes illustrations by Martin Gascoigne.
Recommended for young readers aged nine and up, according to the Puffin Classics edition.
John Griffith London, better known as Jack London, was an American novelist, journalist and activist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and American magazines, he was one of the first American authors to become an international celebrity and earn a large fortune from writing.
