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Feb 27, A. If you are looking for a compilation of London's works, this is it. I worked on this book for over a year, just picking pieces that seemed interesting at the time. Feb 19, Matt rated it it was amazing. First semester freshman year I took a sabbatical and sat in a cube and read these. THink it took a week or so. Very escapist and very worth it.
May 24, Karen is currently reading it. The people of the Abyss written in is said to have inspired George Orwell. No welfare state then.
People who have become too old or ill roam the streets subsisting on orange peel, plum stones and tiny globules of bread picked up from spittle washed pavements. For some reason they are prevented from sleeping on the streets during the night and are made to tramp around dropping exhausted teemed into municipal parks at daybreak. A night's stay in a work house is a luxury for the few. A seventy The people of the Abyss written in is said to have inspired George Orwell. A seventy eight year old woman is said to have died from self neglect when she gets blood poisoning from her bed sores.
Still got a third of The people of the abyss read.
Jack has a go at picking hops and finds he get earn enough money to buy bed and food for the night. He muses that the "best" of English people are either in the army or have gone abroad. The people left are stunted bent bedraggled and corrupted. He has a go and staying in a Doss and finds even single working men can not earn the right to a room of their own to keep safe meagre possessions. Rents are so high and rising that the same bed may be occupied by one individual who works at night and another who works during the day.
Even the space under beds is rented out and this is for people who work. People too old or infirm fill the streets and workhouses. People who work are sweated to that wages barely cover the essentials of life. Kody rated it it was amazing Dec 30, Grafton rated it it was amazing Dec 31, The Junior Classics Volume 8.
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The Open Boat and Other Stories. Viaje al centro de la Tierra. The Victorian Mystery Megapack: The Essential Jack London Reader. When God Laughs, and Other Stories. The Call of the Wild and White Fang. The Call of the Wild. Jerry of the Islands.
The Greatest Gold Rush Tales. Before Adam Annotated , With detailed Biography. The Call of the Wild Collins Classics. The Best Short Stories - 1. The Faith of Men. The Valley of the Moon. Before Adam Mobi Classics. On the Makaloa Mat: Call of the Wild. Burning Daylight Mobi Classics. The Sea-Wolf and Selected Stories. To Build a Fire.
The Cruise Of The Dazzler. Jack London, 16 collections of stories and 2 plays. The Scarlet Plague Mobi Classics.
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