Brown Wolf and Other Stories: Brown Wolf, Just Meat, A Day's Lodging and Amateur Night

Written by Jack London

Narrated by Full Cast

Western writer and historian Dale L. Walker writes, "London's true métier was the short story ... London's true genius lay in the short form, 7,500 words and under, where the flood of images in his teeming brain and the innate power of his narrative gift were at once constrained and freed. His stories that run longer than the magic 7,500 generally-but certainly not always-could have benefited from self-editing." London's "strength of utterance" is at its height in his stories, and they are painstakingly well-constructed.

Brown Wolf and Other Stories includes four of Jack London's most fascinating tales:

1. Brown Wolf
2. Just Meat
3. A Day's Lodging
4. Amateur Night

• Language: English
• Publisher: Alcazar Audio Works
• Release date: Jan 1, 2013
• ISBN: 9781939444271

Jack London

Jack London was born in San Francisco on January 12th 1876, the unwanted child of a spiritualist mother and astrologer father. He was raised by Virginia Prentiss, a former slave, before rejoining his mother and her new husband, John London. Largely self-educated, the teenage Jack made money stealing oysters and working on a schooner before briefly studying at the University of Berkeley in 1896. He left to join the Klondike Gold Rush a year later, a phenomenon that would go on to form the background of his literary masterpieces, The Call of the Wild (1903) and White Fang (1906). Alongside his novel writing London dabbled in war reportage, agriculture and politics. He was married twice and had two daughters from his first marriage. London died in 1916 from complications of numerous chronic illnesses.

Reviews for Brown Wolf and Other Stories

[jpsnow · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I was impressed. I expected an engaging story with some element of struggle. But this work, published originally in 1904, adds philosophical insight and a concise demonstration of literary techniques. The character's basis in London's own biography as a writer is interesting. I was originally drawn to this book upon having read about it while on the ferry to San Francisco.

[pmf_4 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

ONe of the best authors second half twentieth century.

[tracey · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

very mono tone put me to sleep