This etext was prepared from the 1913 William Heinemann edition by David Price, email ccx074@coventry.ac.uk THE GAME CHAPTER I Many patterns of carpet lay rolled out before them on the floor–two of Brussels showed the beginning of their quest, and its ending in that direction; while a score of ingrains lured their eyes and prolonged
The House of Pride and Other Tales of Hawaii by Jack London
THE HOUSE OF PRIDE Contents: The House of Pride Koolau the Leper Good-bye, Jack Aloha Oe Chun Ah Chun The Sheriff of Kona Jack London THE HOUSE OF PRIDE Percival Ford wondered why he had come. He did not dance. He did not care much for army people. Yet he knew them all–gliding and revolving
The Human Drift by Jack London
This etext was prepared from the 1919 Mills and Boon edition by David Price, email ccx074@coventry.ac.uk THE HUMAN DRIFT by Jack London Contents: The Human Drift Small-Boat Sailing Four Horses and a Sailor Nothing that Ever Came to Anything That Dead Men Rise up Never A Classic of the Sea A Wicked Woman (Curtain Raiser)
Before Adam, by Jack London
Suddenly they hushed their noise and ceased their capering. They shrank down in fear, and quested anxiously about with their eyes for a way of retreat. Then Red-Eye walked in among them. They cowered away from him. All were frightened. But he made no attempt to hurt them. He was one of them. At his
The Jacket by Jack London
This etext was prepared from the 1915 Mills & Boon edition by David Price, email ccx074@coventry.ac.uk THE JACKET CHAPTER I All my life I have had an awareness of other times and places. I have been aware of other persons in me.–Oh, and trust me, so have you, my reader that is to be. Read
The Mutiny of the Elsinore by Jack London
This etext was scanned by David Price, email ccx074@coventry.ac.uk from the 1915 Mills and Boon edition. It was proofed by Rab Hughes. THE MUTINY OF THE ELSINORE by Jack London CHAPTER I From the first the voyage was going wrong. Routed out of my hotel on a bitter March morning, I had crossed Baltimore and
The Night-Born by Jack London
The Night-Born by Jack London This etext was prepared by J.R. Wright of Springfield, MO. THE NIGHT-BORN CONTENTS: THE NIGHT-BORN THE MADNESS OF JOHN HARNED WHEN THE WORLD WAS YOUNG THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT WINGED BLACKMAIL BUNCHES OF KNUCKLES WAR UNDER THE DECK AWNINGS TO KILL A MAN THE MEXICAN THE NIGHT-BORN It was
The Red One by Jack London
Transcribed from the 1919 Mills and Boon edition by David Price, email ccx074@coventry.ac.uk THE RED ONE Contents: The Red One The Hussy Like Argus of the Ancient Times The Princess STORY: THE RED ONE There it was! The abrupt liberation of sound! As he timed it with his watch, Bassett likened it to the trump
The Sea Wolf by Jack London
I scarcely know where to begin, though I sometimes facetiously place the cause of it all to Charley Furuseth’s credit. He kept a summer cottage in Mill Valley, under the shadow of Mount Tamalpais, and never occupied it except when he loafed through the
The Son of the Wolf by Jack London
The Son of the Wolf Jack London 1900 Contains The White Silence The Son of the Wolf The Men of Forty Mile In a Far Country To the Man on the Trail The Priestly Prerogative The Wisdom of the Trail The Wife of a King An Odyssey of the North The White Silence ‘Carmen won’t
The Strength of the Strong by Jack London
Transcribed by David Price, email ccx074@coventry.ac.uk The Strength of the Strong Contents: The Strength of the Strong South of the Slot The Unparalleled Invasion The Enemy of All the World The Dream of Debs The Sea-Farmer Samuel THE STRENGTH OF THE STRONG “Parables don’t lie, but liars will parable.”–Lip-King. Old Long-Beard paused in his narrative,
War of the Classes by Jack London
War of the Classes by Jack London Contents: Preface The Class Struggle The Tramp The Scab The Question of the Maximum A Review Wanted: A New Land of Development How I Became a Socialist PREFACE When I was a youngster I was looked upon as a weird sort of creature, because, forsooth, I was a