The Night-Born - Jack London

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Résumé :
Written by the beloved author, Jack London, The Night-Born is a compelling collection of ten short works of fiction, each featuring an interesting protagonist. The Madness of John Harned is narrated by a wealthy Ecuadorian man who attends a bull fight with his cousin, Maria, and the American man who is in love with her, John. While they watch the event, Maria and John have a debate that eventually leads to John to make an unpredictable and unfortunate choice. When the World was Young follows the aftermath of the meeting of two men, after a thief stumbles upon a strange barbaric man while trying to rob a countryside estate. Portraying a thrilling story of crime, To Kill a Man tests preconceived biases and assumptions while depicting a conversation between a woman and the man who had attempted to rob her house. The Benefit of the Doubt invokes melancholy feelings as it follows a man who returns to his hometown to find it in a state of decline. Featuring adventure and mystery, Winged Blackmail depicts a high-profile financier struggling to track down the person who is responsible for sending him blackmail letters via a courier pigeon. Finally, the title story of The Night-Born revolves around a strange woman and two retired gold-prospectors who feel their old career has stunted their lives despite the considerable wealth it earned them. With reoccurring themes of human nature, justice, and the impermanent happiness of money, Jack London's The Night-Born is as thought-provoking as it is entertaining. With stories set in the 20th century and accompanied by intellectual social commentary, The Night-Born grant readers a privileged perspective on the culture and societal norms of the 1900s. Meanwhile, modern readers can also relate to the human struggles that have remained to be present in contemporary society. This edition of The Night-Born by the highly esteemed author, Jack London, is now presented in an easy-to-read font and features a striking new cover design, making it both modern and accessible. Since our inception in 2020, Mint Editions has kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of our mission. Each and every Mint Edition title gets a fresh, professionally typeset manuscript and a dazzling new cover, all while maintaining the integrity of the original book. With thousands of titles in our collection, we aim to spotlight diverse public domain works to help them find modern audiences. Mint Editions celebrates a breadth of literary works, curated from both canonical and overlooked classics from writers around the globe....

Biographie:
John Griffith Chaney (nascido em S?o Francisco, no 12 de janeiro de 1876 na Calif?rnia, morreu a 22 de novembro de 1916 no seu Beauty Ranch), autor, jornalista e ativista social norte-americano com refer?ncias marxistas, pioneiro da sua era, fez ent?o parte do novo mundo das revistas comerciais de fic??o, tendo sido um dos primeiros romancistas a obter celebridade mundial atrav?s das suas hist?rias, al?m de uma grande fortuna. Jack London (seu pseud?nimo), ? um dos mais importantes autores da literatura norte-americana do fim do s?culo XIX, princ?pio do s?culo XX. Escreveu centenas de contos, entre eles alguns vision?rios e magistrais que determinaram os caminhos da literatura ocidental, bem como magn?ficos romances.Apesar da jovem idade em que faleceu, Jack London deixou-nos uma extensa obra liter?ria. A sua vida focou-se na sobreviv?ncia - come?ou a trabalhar ainda em crian?a - e no sonho vir a ser escritor e viver da sua escrita. Para o conseguir London abra?ou os mais diversos desafios, foi lutador de boxe, marinheiro e garimpeiro, e foi ap?s a sua viagem durante a Febre do Ouro no Klondike que Jack London se decidiu definitivamente a tornar-se escritor, e foi na sua ?poca o primeiro a lograr a fama mundial....