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Jack London Presented BY Jasmine Introduction Jack London,(1876 – 1916 )was an American author, journalist, and social activist. A pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction, he was one of the first fiction writers to obtain worldwide celebrity and a large fortune from his fiction alone. London was part of the radical literary group “The Crowd” in San Francisco and a passionate advocate of unionization（工会）, socialism, and the rights of workers. He wrote several powerful works dealing with these topics. 原名为约翰·格利菲斯·伦敦（John Griffith London）,他在一个既无固定职业又无固定居所的家庭中长大。24岁开始写作，去世时年仅40岁。从1900年起，他连续发表和出版了许多小说，讲述美国下层人民的生活故事，揭露资本主义社会的罪恶。 他的作品大都带有浓厚的社会主义和个人主义色彩。他的作品在全世界都广为流传，是最受中国读者欢迎的外国作家之一。他一生著述颇丰，16年中留下了19部长篇小说、150多篇短篇小说以及大量文学报告集，还写了3个剧本以及相当多的随笔和论文。 Main Works The Call of the Wild It is a short adventure novel by Jack London published in 1903 and set in Yukon, Canada during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush, when strong sled dogs were in high demand. The central character is a dog named Buck. The story opens at a ranch in the Santa Clara Valley of California when Buck is stolen from his home and sold into service as a sled dog in Alaska. He progressively reverts to a wild state in the harsh climate, where he is forced to fight to dominate other dogs. By the end, he sheds the veneer of civilization and relies on primordial instinct and learned experience to emerge as a leader in the wild.  White Fang The name of the books eponymous character, a wild wolf dog. First serialized in Outing magazine, it was published in 1906. The story takes place in Yukon Territory, Canada, during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush and details White Fangs journey to domestication. Love of Life This is the most famous novel written by Jack London. The book talks about the process of a lost gold digger’s struggle for survival. He even meets a sick wolf in his route and wins the fight with it. At last, he successfully gets survived and his life takes on an