HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.‘Fear urged him to go back, but growth drove him on…‘Set in the frozen forests of the Yukon Territory, Canada, during the Klondike Gold Rush of the 1890s, ‘White Fang’ tells the story of a young wolf-dog’s journey from the wild into human territory. As White Fang learns that civilisation is every bit as vicious and violent as nature – and that survival is only awarded to the fittest – we too see how instinct, sensation and emotion drive every one of us.Published in 1906 to wide and instant acclaim, this is a remarkable and moving look at the timeless relationship between man and dog.
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Джек Лондон. White Fang
WHITE FANG. Jack London
Copyright
History of Collins
Life & Times. Animals in Literature
Jack London and his Work
White Fang
CHAPTER 1. The Trail of the Meat
CHAPTER 2. The She-Wolf
CHAPTER 3. The Hunger Cry
CHAPTER 1. The Battle of the Fangs
CHAPTER 2. The Lair
CHAPTER 3. The Grey Cub
CHAPTER 4. The Wall of the World
CHAPTER 5. The Law of Meat
CHAPTER 1. The Makers of Fire
CHAPTER 2. The Bondage
CHAPTER 3. The Outcast
CHAPTER 4. The Trail of the Gods
CHAPTER 5. The Covenant
CHAPTER 6. The Famine
CHAPTER 1. The Enemy of His Kind
CHAPTER 2. The Mad God
CHAPTER 3. The Reign of Hate
CHAPTER 4. The Clinging Death
CHAPTER 5. The Indomitable
CHAPTER 6. The Love-Master
CHAPTER 1. The Long Trail
CHAPTER 2. The Southland
CHAPTER 3. The God’s Domain
CHAPTER 4. The Call of Kind
CHAPTER 5. The Sleeping Wolf
CLASSIC LITERATURE: WORDS AND PHRASES adapted from the Collins English Dictionary
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In 1819, millworker William Collins from Glasgow, Scotland, set up a company for printing and publishing pamphlets, sermons, hymn books, and prayer books. That company was Collins and was to mark the birth of HarperCollins Publishers as we know it today. The long tradition of Collins dictionary publishing can be traced back to the first dictionary William published in 1824, Greek and English Lexicon. Indeed, from 1840 onwards, he began to produce illustrated dictionaries and even obtained a licence to print and publish the Bible.
Soon after, William published the first Collins novel, Ready Reckoner; however, it was the time of the Long Depression, where harvests were poor, prices were high, potato crops had failed, and violence was erupting in Europe. As a result, many factories across the country were forced to close down and William chose to retire in 1846, partly due to the hardships he was facing.
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Henry groaned as he passed from sleep to waking, and demanded, “What’s wrong now?”
“Nothin’,” came the answer; “only there’s seven of ’em again. I just counted.”
