Скачать книгу (размер 667 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 132) Аннотация: Deep in the forest a call was sounding, and he felt compelled to turn his back upon the fire, and to plunge into the forest. Half St. Bernard, half sheepdog, Buck is stolen away from his comfortable life as a pet in California and sold to dog traders. He soon finds himself aboard a ship, on its way to Northern Canada. Surrounded by cruelty, Buck's natural instincts and behaviour begin to emerge…
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: White Fang is a wolf from the mountains of Canada. His life is hard but he is happy in his world. Then he is taken to the world of men. There he learns to fight and to kill. White Fang knows nothing about love. But one day he meets Scott.
Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: Of all Jack London's fictions none have been so popular as his dog stories. In addition to The Call of the Wild, the epic tale of a Californian dog's adventures during the Klondike gold rush, this edition includes White Fang, and five famous short stories — 'Batard', 'Moon-Face', 'Brown Wolf', 'That Top page Spot', and 'To Build a Fire.
Скачать книгу (размер 2 441 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 480) Аннотация: Presents the story of Martin Eden, an impoverished seaman who pursues, obsessively and aggressively, dreams of education and literary fame. This title also discusses the conflict between London's support of socialism and Martin's powerful self-will.
Скачать книгу (размер 2 125 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 418) Аннотация: In The Sea-Wolf, London's most gripping novel, Humphrey Van Weyden is rescued from the freezing waters of San Francisco Bay by a demonic sea captain and introduced to fates far worse that death. Through this story London recalls his own adventures on a sealing vessel at the age of seventeen. John Sutherland's notes include a history of pelagic seal hunting and an account of the many cinematic…
Скачать книгу (размер 356 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 71) Аннотация: The man kept talking. There was kindness in his voice, and it gave White Fang a strange new feeling. Now the man's hand moved nearer and nearer to his head. White Fang moved his head down under the hand, growling. Men's hands had hurt him many times, and he could not forget that. White Fang — half dog, half wolf — grows up in the wild but soon becomes the property of Gray Beaver, a Yukon Indian.…
Скачать книгу (размер 356 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 71) Аннотация: White Fang; half-dog, half-wolf is raised in the wild but soon becomes the property of Gray Beaver, a Yukon Indian. Knowing only cruelty of man and the violence of nature, White Fang becomes the most savage and wild of dogs, until he is rescued by kindness.
Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: White Fang is a wolf from the mountains of Canada. His life is hard but he is happy in his world. Then he is taken to the world of men. There he learns to fight and to kill. White Fang knows nothing about love. But one day he meets Scott…
Скачать книгу (размер 401 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 80) Аннотация: The Oxford Bookworms Library provides superb reading and student / teacher support for the classroom, and is also highly recommended for schools running Extensive Reading Programmes, offering the right range of books that encourage students to read for pleasure. When men find gold in the frozen north of Canada, they need dogs — big, strong dogs to pull the sledges on the long journeys to and from…
Скачать книгу (размер 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 60) Аннотация: Buck is a strong, intelligent dog who moves from an easy life in Californiato the Klondike. Life is tough in the cold north of Canada and Buck has to learn many hard lessons to survive. But can he ever be happy there?
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Humphrey Van Weyden, rescued by the crew of the Ghost, becomes an unwilling sailor under the command of Wolf Larsen.
Скачать книгу (размер 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 40) Аннотация: The land was enormous, white with snow and silent. Into the still, lifeless silence broke the sounds and movements of life — of dogs breathing, and men calling to the dogs ...' White Fang is one of these dogs and the greatest fighter of them all. A classic adventure story by Jack London who wrote The Call of the Wild (also available as a Penguin Reader, Level 2). Recommended for younger learners.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: The Call of the Wild (1903) and White Fang (1906) are world famous animal stories. Set in Alaska during the Klondike Gold Rush of the late 1890s, The Call of the Wild is about Buck, the magnificent cross-bred offspring of a St Bernard and a Scottish Collie. Stolen from his pampered life on a Californian estate and shipped to the Klondike to work as a sledge dog, he triumphs over his circumstances…
Скачать книгу (размер 794 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 157) Аннотация: Jack Londons 1903 erschienener Abenteuerroman, der die Zeit des Goldrauschs beschreibt, gilt als eines seiner besten Werke. Es ist die Geschichte von Buck, einer Mischung aus Bernhardiner und Schlittenhund, der menschlicher Brutalität und Gewalt ausgesetzt ist und erst durch den Goldgräber Jack Thornton Güte und Freundlichkeit kennenlernt: ein eindrucksvolles Plädoyer für…