... mystery, and nothingness. Jack London had a strong expression of pessimism, which reflects man's helplessness in challenging the unknown. He shows the unpleasantness and harshness of the world in a very detailed and exciting way. Although London is generally known as a short fiction writer, he also had very popular novels. The most famous one is Call of the Wild. Call of the Wild is an example of the contradictory theories of individualism and socialism. This romance and beast fable ... is the most famous and widely read of Jack London's novels. It describes the struggle between barbari...

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... . He was prolific: fifty one of his books and hundreds of his articles had been published. He had written thousands of letters. Many additional works have been published posthumously. His most notable books include The Call of the Wild (originally entitled "The Sleeping Wolf") which was published in 1903, The Iron Heel, White Fang, The Sea-Wolf (originally entitled "Mercy of the Sea"), The People of the Abyss (a sociological treatise about the slums of London, England), John Barleycorn ... Martin Eden, and The Star Rover. His short story, "To Build A Fire", is considered to be an all-tim...

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