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John Griffith London (born John Griffith Chaney; January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916) was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist. A pioneer in the world of commercial magazine fiction, he was one of the first writers to become a worldwide celebrity and earn a large fortune from writing. He was also an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction.

His most famous works include The Call of the Wild and White Fang, both set in the Klondike Gold Rush, as well as the short stories "To Build a Fire", "An Odyssey of the North", and "Love of Life". He also wrote about the South Pacific in stories such as "The Pearls of Parlay" and "The Heathen".

London was part of the radical literary group "The Crowd" in San Francisco and a passionate advocate of unionization, socialism, and the rights of workers. He wrote several powerful works dealing with these topics, such as his dystopian novel The Iron Heel, his non-fiction exposé The People of the Abyss, and The War of the Classes.

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Rundt Kap Horn

Skibet Elsinore sejler med kul fra Baltimore til den amerikanske vestkyst. Helt fra starten er der dårlig stemning på skibet, og da kaptajnen dør, bliver besætningen delt i to lejre, da en ny kaptajn skal vælges. Splittelsen truer med at blive hele skibets undergang.



"Rundt Kap Horn" er blevet filmatiseret intet mindre end tre gange. Romanen indeholder stærke personkarakteristikker og giver udtryk for Jack Londons komplicerede verdensbillede med stærke politiske og filosofiske holdninger. Jack London (1876-1916) var en meget produktiv amerikansk forfatter, som skrev hele 49 romaner og noveller. Jack Londons historier kredser for det meste om to emner: samfundskritik og vildmarken. Hans bøger er blevet oversat til flere sprog, og en af de mest kendte romaner "Ulvehunden" er desuden blevet filmatiseret.
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Udgivelsesdato13 maj 2019
Udgivet afSAGA Egmont
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ISBN epub9788726123517
ISBN lydbog9788726125863