Jack London's The Call Of The Wild

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"""The Call of the Wild"" - a novel by American writer Jack London, published in 1903. The novel is set in the Yukon (Canada) during the gold rush. Then the strong demand for trained dogs was especially high. The main character - a dog trained Beck, brought from pastoral ranch in California, falls into the harsh reality of life of the dog sled. The novel tells of the difficulties experienced by Beck, trying to survive in spite of the harsh treatment of owners, other dogs and cruelty of nature. In the end, it departs from the rules of life, which guided in the civilized world, and is based only on instinct and experience to gain credibility in the wild.
The novel belongs to the early works of Jack London. Often, it is classified as children's