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The Call of the WildJack London

The Call of the Wild

1903 · United States · Novella · ~170 pages

Buck, a pampered ranch dog, is stolen and sold into the brutal world of the Klondike gold rush, where each day strips away another layer of civilization and wakes something older and wilder in his blood. A short, fierce masterpiece told from a dog's eyes.

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Why read it

A lean, thrilling, and surprisingly profound book about instinct and belonging, beautiful enough to read as literature and propulsive enough to finish in a sitting. Unforgettable from its first page.

Themes
SettingThe Yukon, 1890s

The Klondike gold rush of the late 1890s, when thousands chased fortune into a savage northern wilderness, and only the toughest, man or beast, survived the cold.

About the author

Jack London (1876–1916) lived the life he wrote, gold prospector, sailor, and socialist, and turned the frozen Yukon into myth. He wrote this, his most famous book, in a matter of weeks.