Az író ennek a regénynek a helyszínét déltengeri utazásaiból merítette, cselekménye a Salamon-szigeteken játszódik és Jeromos, a skót terrier történetét mondja el, amint gazdái váltakoznak: Haggin úr, az ültetvényes, aki „négerfogásra” tanítja; Van Horn, az Arangi nevű hajó kapitánya; Basha, az okos és kegyetlen néger törzsfőnök; Nalasu, a vak néger, aki már-már az emberi nyelvet megközelítő árnyalt jelbeszédre tanítja; és végül Kennan, a gazdag, fehér világjáró. Az éneklő kutya című regénye Jeromos testvérének, Mihálynak a történetéről számol be. Akárcsak az első kutyaregénye A vadon szava, ezek a történetek is valójában az emberre, a társadalomra vetnek oldalról fényt, hiszen a kutyaszereplők természetét és sorsát az emberi gonoszság és szeretet, kapzsiság és jóság alakítja.

Jack London gained his first and most lasting fame as the author of tales of the Klondike gold rush. This, his first collection of stories, draws on his experience in the Yukon. The stories tell of gambles won and lost, of endurance and sacrifice, and often turn on the qualities of exceptional women and on the relations between the white adventurers and the native tribes.

This story of brutality toward animals inspired a movement known as the Jack London Clubs, which were devoted to the cause of animal welfare and humane treatment.

A tale of the Klondike Goldrush and the corrupting influence of high stakes capitalism.

És Keikiwai, a vizek gyermeke, jól értvén a cápák nyelvét, hallotta minden szavukat, és megértette, milyen összeesküvés készül ellene. Erre a cápák nyelvén Moku-haliihez, a cápák istenéhez imádkozott fennhangon. A cápák pedig minden szavát hallották, megértették, és macskaszemükkel összenéztek, mintha figyelmeztetnék egymást a vizek gyermekének szavaira. Keikiwai pedig így fejezte be imáját: "Most pedig belemerülök a vízbe, hogy rákot fogjak a király számára, és nem esik bántódásom, mert a legkisebb cápa barátom is védelmébe fogadott." Azzal egy darab lávatörmeléket tört le, és a tengerbe dobta. A szikla hatalmas csobbanással esett a vízbe. A negyven cápa pedig a törmelék után kapott, ezt az időt használta fel a gyermek, hogy beugorjék. Mire a cápák észrevették tévedésüket, Keikiwai már vissza is tért egy wahin rákkal.

The novel Valley of the Moon is a story of a working-class couple, Billy and Saxon Roberts, struggling laborers in Oakland at the Turn-of-the-Century, who left the city life behind and searched Central and Northern California for a suitable farmland to own. The book is notable for the scenes in which the proletarian hero enjoys fellowship with the artists' colony in Carmel, and he settles in the Valley of the Moon.

The Curse of Capistrano is a 1919 novella by Johnston McCulley and the first work to feature the fictional character Zorro (zorro is the Spanish word for fox). After the enormous success of the 1920 film adaptation, The Mark of Zorro, the story was republished under that name. Prior to being published in novella form, The Curse of Capistrano appeared as five serialized installments in the pulp magazine All-Story Weekly.[from Wikipedia]

At dawn a clamor of voices shook the mill. Pere Merlier opened the door of Francoise's chamber. She went down into the courtyard, pale and very calm. But there she could not repress a shiver as she saw the corpse of a Prussian soldier stretched out on a cloak beside the well.

The Rainbow is a 1915 novel by British author D. H. Lawrence. It follows three generations of the Brangwen family, particularly focusing on the sexual dynamics of, and relations between, the characters.Lawrence's frank treatment of sexual desire and the power plays within relationships as a natural and even spiritual force of life, though perhaps tame by modern standards, caused The Rainbow to be prosecuted in an obscenity trial in late 1915, as a result of which all copies were seized and burnt. After this ban it was unavailable in Britain for 11 years, although editions were available in the USA.The Rainbow was followed by a sequel in 1920, Women in Love. Although Lawrence conceived of the two novels as one, considering the titles The Sisters and The Wedding Ring for the work, they were published as two separate novels at the urging of his publisher. However, after the negative public reception of The Rainbow, Lawrence's publisher opted out of publishing the sequel. This is the cause of the delay in the publishing of the sequel.

Dubliners is a collection of 15 short stories by James Joyce, first published in 1914. The fifteen stories were meant to be a naturalistic depiction of the Irish middle class life in and around Dublin in the early years of the 20th century.The stories were written at the time when Irish nationalism was at its peak, and a search for a national identity and purpose was raging; at a crossroads of history and culture, Ireland was jolted by various converging ideas and influences. They center on Joyce's idea of an epiphany: a moment where a character has a special moment of self-understanding or illumination. Many of the characters in Dubliners later appear in minor roles in Joyce's novel Ulysses. The initial stories in the collection are narrated by children as protagonists, and as the stories continue, they deal with the lives and concerns of progressively older people. This is in line with Joyce's tripartite division of the collection into childhood, adolescence and maturity.

It is no use. It's too late. The earth--I must dig--alone.

Freya of the Seven Isles was written in the year 1910 by Joseph Conrad. This book is one of the most popular novels of Joseph Conrad, and has been translated into several other languages around the world.This book is published by Booklassic which brings young readers closer to classic literature globally.