Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-Revolution, and Other Essays by Jack London.This book contains a historical context, where past events or the study and narration of these events are examined. The historical context refers to the circumstances and incidents surrounding an event. This context is formed by everything that, in some way, influences the event when it happens. A fact is always tied to its time: that is, to its time. Therefore, when analyzing events that took place tens, hundreds or thousands of years ago, it is essential to know the historical context to understand them. Otherwise, we would be analyzing and judging what happened in a totally different era with a current perspective.--Revolution - The somnambulists - The dignity of dollars - Goliah - The golden poppy - The shrinkage of the planet - The house beautiful - The gold hunters of the North - Fomá Gordyéeff - These bones shall rise again - The others animals - The yellow peril - What life means to me .--Although best known for his adult fiction, Jack London wrote in almost every available corner, from verses to first-person research on the plight of the poor, from biographies to essays. A self-proclaimed socialist, London was very consistent in his views unlike many of his fellow writers.

This collection of 12 Jack London essays features "Revolution," "Goliah," "The Shrinkage of the Planet" and many others.

Join Jack London in thought-provoking discussions on social revolution and the dynamics of change in Revolution and Other Essays. Revolution and Other Essays by Jack London: Immerse yourself in the thought-provoking world of Jack London with Revolution and Other Essays. In this collection of essays, London explores a wide range of topics, from the socio-political landscape of his time to the philosophical underpinnings of his revolutionary ideas. With incisive wit and unflinching honesty, London's words resonate with a timeless urgency that challenges readers to question the status quo. Why This Book? Revolution and Other Essays is a powerful exploration of the human condition and society's potential for transformation. Jack London's impassioned essays continue to inspire those who seek to challenge the norms and envision a more just world. Jack London, a prolific American author and social activist, is renowned for his adventurous novels like The Call of the Wild and White Fang. Revolution and Other Essays showcases London's intellectual prowess and his unwavering commitment to the pursuit of justice.

Excerpt from Revolution and Other Essays I received a letter the other day. It was from a man in Arizona. It began, "Dear Comrade." It ended, "Yours for the Revolution." I replied to the letter, and my letter began, "Dear Comrade." It ended, "Yours for the Revolution." In the United States there are 400,000 men, of men and women nearly 1,000,000, who begin their letters "Dear Comrade," and end them "Yours for the Revolution." In Germany there are 3,000,000 men who begin their letters "Dear Comrade" and end them "Yours for the Revolution"; in France, 1,000,000 men; in Austria, 800,000 men; in Belgium, 300,000 men; in Italy, 250,000 men; in England, 100,000 men; in Switzerland, 100,000 men; in Denmark, 55,000 men; in Sweden, 50,000 men; in Holland, 40,000 men; in Spain, 30,000 men - comrades all, and revolutionists. These are numbers which dwarf the grand armies of Napoleon and Xerxes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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John Claverhouse was a moon-faced man. You know the kind, cheek-bones wideapart, chin and forehead melting into the cheeks to complete the perfect round, and the nose, broad and pudgy, equidistant from the circumference, flattenedagainst the very centre of the face like a dough-ball upon the ceiling. Perhaps thatis why I hated him, for truly he had become an offense to my eyes, and I believedthe earth to be cumbered with his presence. Perhaps my mother may have beensuperstitious of the moon and looked upon it over the wrong shoulder at the wrongtime.Be that as it may, I hated John Claverhouse. Not that he had done me whatsociety would consider a wrong or an ill turn. Far from it. The evil was of a deeper, subtler sort; so elusive, so intangible, as to defy clear, definite analysis in words. Weall experience such things at some period in our lives. For the first time we see acertain individual, one who the very instant before we did not dream existed; andyet, at the first moment of meeting, we say: "I do not like that man." Why do we notlike him? Ah, we do not know why; we know only that we do not. We have taken adislike, that is all. And so I with John Claverhouse.What right had such a man to be happy? Yet he was an optimist. He was alwaysgleeful and laughing. All things were always all right, curse him! Ah I how it gratedon my soul that he should be so happy! Other men could laugh, and it did notbother me. I even used to laugh myself-before I met John Claverhouse.But his laugh! It irritated me, maddened me, as nothing else under the sun couldirritate or madden me. It haunted me, gripped hold of me, and would not let me go.It was a huge, Gargantuan laugh. Waking or sleeping it was always with me, whirring and jarring across my heart-strings like an enormous rasp. At break of dayit came whooping across the fields to spoil my pleasant morning revery. Under theaching noonday glare, when the green things drooped and the birds withdrew tothe depths of the forest, and all nature drowsed, his great "Ha! ha!" and "Ho! ho!"rose up to the sky and challenged the sun. And at black midnight, from the lonelycross-roads where he turned from town into his own place, came his plagueycachinnations to rouse me from my sleep and make me writhe and clench my nailsinto my pal

This collection of essays includes Vidal's noted pieces on Theodore Roosevelt, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Edmund Wilson, and on the need for a new constitutional convention and ranges across a wide spectrum of social, political, and literary matters.