Forfatter fødeår: 1876 1916
Christopher Bellew is a newspaperman who has lived an easy and privileged life. When his uncle and cousin are leaving for Klondike to search for gold, Bellew decides to join them. Living in... Læs mere
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 of the men... Læs mere
A gold prospector Mason, his wife Ruth and their friend Malemute Kid have noticed that their dogs are getting vicious – the dogs watch every food bite they take enviously. Life of a... Læs mere
In 1902 writer Jack London moved to live in the slums of East End of London. London could not understand the world where people, who produced the goods, lived in misery, whereas... Læs mere
When a missionary John Starhurst decides to carry the gospel all around Viti Levu in Fiji, he does not know how these intentions will change his life. The indigenous people still eat the... Læs mere
‘Scruff’ McKenzie is a gold prospector and a practical man. If he wants a thing, he usually gets it. But when McKenzie lays his eyes on Zarinska, the daughter of the local indigenous... Læs mere
Pearl buyer Charley has just boarded Petite Jeanne, a ship that is supposed to sail from Rangiroa to Tahiti. Charley starts to worry when some of the passengers get a smallpox – and die... Læs mere
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... Læs mere
Eräänä lämpöisenä iltana joukko miehiä on kokoontunut istumaan iltaa sanfranciscolaiseen Alta Inoyo -klubiin. Pian yksi heistä alkaa kertoa tarinaa; tarinaa itsestään Klondikessa vuonna 1898... Læs mere
Vuosi on 1893. Erämies Elam Harnish etsii kultasuonta Klondykesta monen muun tavoin – onhan Klondyken kultaryntäys alkamaisillaan. Olot erämaassa ovat kovat, mutta Harnish onnistuu... Læs mere
In Jack London's short story "Li Wan, The Fair," a woman called Li Wan is journeying a long trail with her husband, a commanding Native American named Canim. When they come across a... Læs mere
The short story "The Law of Life" by Jack London is a study on the human psyche, as one faces the familiar cycle of life and death. Old Koskoosh, who is the father of his Native American... Læs mere