Item: The Call of the Wild, White Fang, and Other Stories (Oxford World's Classics)
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The Call of the Wild, White Fang, and Other Stories (Oxford World's Classics) [Book] Douban

author: 杰克·伦敦 publishing house: Oxford Paperbacks 2009 - 2

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 Spot', and 'To Build a Fire.

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