A one-act play. Eccentric (crazy?) Captain Hagberd has been waiting for years for his son to come home from the sea. He has scrimped and saved, outfitting a house for Harry to...

This story opens on a ship crowded with pilgrims traveling from Singapore to Mecca for the hajj. A young Englishman is the vessel's first mate. This is his first job and it is...

A framing story is told in the first person by Darrell Standing, a university professor serving life imprisonment in San Quentin State Prison for murder. Prison officials try to...

Recollections of the life of Axel Heyst, one-time manager of the liquidated Tropical Belt Coal Company in a fictitious island in the Pacific. After retreating from society in...

Burning Daylight, Jack Londons fictional novel published in 1910, was one of the best selling books of that year and it was his best selling book in his lifetime. The novel takes...

Martin Eden (1909) is a novel by American author Jack London, about a struggling young writer. It was first serialized in the Pacific Monthly magazine from September 1908 to...

Seja bem-vindo a mais um título da Coleção Melhores Contos. Desta vez focalizando Jack London, um dos maiores nomes da literatura americana. Jack London teve uma breve...

Por ocasião de seu lançamento, Caninos Brancos foi considerada uma mais mais interessantes obras de Jack London e logo tornou-se um sucesso de vendas em todo o mundo,...

Joseph Conrad fue un escritor de habla inglesa, mejor conocido por "Nostromo", "Lord Jim" y "El corazón de las tinieblas". inmortalizado en la pantalla por Marlon Brando como...

First published in Blackwood’s magazine as a three part serial in 1899 and published in 1902, Heart of Darkness centers on the experiences of protagonist Charles Marlow as he is...