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The Call of the Wild

Jack London

The Call of the Wild

Paper book: €19.99

Digital: €7.99

Original publication
1903
Bilingual edition
12 June 2026
Pages
239
Difficulty
Easy
Genres
Adventure, Children's Literature
Moods
Escape it all, Be moved to tears
Translated from
English

Book summary

Buck, a pet dog used to a peaceful life, is stolen and sold as a sledge dog in the Far North, in the middle of the gold rush. Under the whip and in the cold, he learns the law of the strongest, and the wild instinct of his ancestors slowly awakens in him.

A powerful adventure about survival and freedom, in which the wild takes back its own.

Jack London's direct, vivid style makes it an ideal first classic to read in the language you are learning.

The plot

Deep in the forest, a call. Buck, a big dog from California, has been stolen and taken to the far North. One night he wakes with a start: from the forest rises a long howl, not quite the howl of a dog. Buck crosses the…

The world of the book

In the days of the gold rush. Gold has been found in the far North of Canada. Thousands of men rush there, and they want strong dogs with thick coats to haul their sleds through the cold.

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