Orakel Classics
The Call of the Wild
The Call of the Wild by Jack London, prepared as a public-domain Orakel edition with 7 chapter-aware companion links.
Chapters
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Chapter I. Into the Primitive
Chapter I. Into the Primitive from The Call of the Wild. “Old longings nomadic leap, Chafing at custom’s chain; Again from its brumal sleep Wakens the ferine
Open2Chapter II. The Law of Club and Fang
Chapter II. The Law of Club and Fang from The Call of the Wild. Buck’s first day on the Dyea beach was like a nightmare. Every hour was filled with shock and surprise. He had been suddenly jerked from the heart of civilization and flung into the heart of things primordial. No lazy, sun-kissed life was this, with nothing to do but loaf and be bored. Here was neither peace, nor rest, nor a moment’s safety. All was confusion and action, and every moment life and limb were in peril.
Open3Chapter III. The Dominant Primordial Beast
Chapter III. The Dominant Primordial Beast from The Call of the Wild. The dominant primordial beast was strong in Buck, and under the fierce conditions of trail life it grew and grew. Yet it was a secret growth. His newborn cunning gave him poise and control. He was too busy adjusting himself to the new life to feel at ease, and not only did he not pick fights, but he avoided them whenever possible. A certain deliberateness characterized his attitude. He was not prone to rashness and
Open4Chapter IV. Who Has Won to Mastership
Chapter IV. Who Has Won to Mastership from The Call of the Wild. “Eh? Wot I say? I spik true w’en I say dat Buck two devils.” This was François’s speech next morning when he discovered Spitz missing and Buck covered with wounds. He drew him to the fire and by its light pointed them
Open5Chapter V. The Toil of Trace and Trail
Chapter V. The Toil of Trace and Trail from The Call of the Wild. Thirty days from the time it left Dawson, the Salt Water Mail, with Buck and his mates at the fore, arrived at Skaguay. They were in a wretched state, worn out and worn down. Buck’s one hundred and forty pounds had dwindled to one hundred and fifteen. The rest of his mates, though lighter dogs, had relatively lost more weight than he. Pike, the malingerer, who, in his lifetime of deceit, had often successfully
Open6Chapter VI. For the Love of a Man
Chapter VI. For the Love of a Man from The Call of the Wild. When John Thornton froze his feet in the previous December his partners had made him comfortable and left him to get well, going on themselves up the river to get out a raft of saw-logs for Dawson. He was still limping slightly at the time he rescued Buck, but with the continued warm weather even the slight limp left him. And here, lying by the river bank through the long spring days, watching the running water,
Open7Chapter VII. The Sounding of the Call
Chapter VII. The Sounding of the Call from The Call of the Wild. When Buck earned sixteen hundred dollars in five minutes for John Thornton, he made it possible for his master to pay off certain debts and to journey with his partners into the East after a fabled lost mine, the history of which was as old as the history of the country. Many men had sought it; few had found it; and more than a few there were who had never returned from the quest. This lost mine was steeped in
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