Jack London

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Jack London
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Словарь
abandon – оставить, бросить
condition – положение, состояние
attempt – пытаться
gold rush – золотая лихорадка
struggle – борьба
ketch – кеч (парусное судно)
slums – трущобы
contradiction – противоречие
gutter – сточная канава; низы общества

Jack London
Jack London was an American novelist, short-story writer, essayist, journalist, and dramatist.
He was born in San Francisco in 1876. His father abandoned him shortly after birth and London took the name of his stepfather. Because of his family’s poor condition, London was forced to leave school at the age of fourteen and find work. In his spare time he attempted to further his education by reading the works of Herbert Spencer, Karl Marx, Rudyard Kipling, and others. He joined the Klondike gold rush of 1898 returning to San Francisco penniless, but with a wealth of memories which provided the raw material for his first stories. “The Call of the Wild” and “White Fang” explore the struggle between the conflicting calls of barbarity and civilization.

Jack London
As a correspondent for various magazines, London travelled to the Far East during the Russo-Japanese war, through the South Pacific in a leaking ketch, and to the slums of England. These experiences provided the material for many of his books. London became the highest-paid writer of his day, earning more than a million dollars. He was an extremely disciplined craftsman and each day he wrote at least one thousand words. The paradoxes of London’s fiction mirrored the contradictions of his personal and political life.
He died in 1916. London is an important figure in American literature for establishing “a middle ground”, in Labor’s words, “between the gutter and the drawing room”.

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1) Jack London is an English writer.
2) His family wasn’t rich.
3) Jack London didn’t finish school.
4) After joining the Klondike gold rush Jack London became a very rich man.
5) Jack London travelled much.
6) In his novels he described the world of rich people.
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1) Who is Jack London?
2) When and where was he born?
3) Why did he leave school at the age of fourteen?
4) What did he do in his spare time?
5) When did he begin to write books?
6) Where did he get the material for his books?
7) Was Jack London an important figure in American literature?
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