This Wordsworth Edition includes an exclusive Introduction and Notes by Lionel Kelly, University of Reading.
The deeper resonance of these stories derives from the author\'s use of the myth of the hero who survives by strength and courage, a powerful myth that still appeals to our collective unconscious..
The brutal world of the Klondike miners and their dogs is brilliantly evoked and Jack London\'s rendering of the sentient life of Buck and White Fang as they confront their destiny is enthralling and convincing.
In contrast, White Fang relates the tale of a wolf born and bred in the Wild which is civilised by the master he comes to trust and love.
The story records the \'decivilisation\' of Buck as he answers \'the Call of the wild\', an inherent memory of primeval origins to which he instinctively responds.
Stolen from his pampered life on a Californian estate and shipped to the Klondike to work as a sledge dog, he triumphs over his circumstances and becomes the leader of a wolf pack.
Set in Alaska during the Klondike Gold Rush of the late 1890s, The Call of the Wild is about Buck, the magnificent cross-bred offspring of a St Bernard and a Scottish Collie.
The Call of the Wild (1903) and White Fang (1906) are world famous animal stories.
This Wordsworth Edition includes an exclusive Introduction and Notes by Lionel Kelly, University of Reading
