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The iron heel

by Jack London

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  1. 01Front matter~10 min
  2. 02CHAPTER I. MY EAGLE — part 1~25 min
  3. 03CHAPTER I. MY EAGLE — part 2~7 min
  4. 04CHAPTER II. CHALLENGES — part 1~25 min
  5. 05CHAPTER II. CHALLENGES — part 2~6 min
  6. 06CHAPTER III. JACKSON’S ARM~25 min
  7. 07CHAPTER IV. SLAVES OF THE MACHINE~19 min
  8. 08CHAPTER V. THE PHILOMATHS — part 1~25 min
  9. 09CHAPTER V. THE PHILOMATHS — part 2~21 min
  10. 10CHAPTER VI. ADUMBRATIONS~16 min
  11. 11CHAPTER VII. THE BISHOP’S VISION~14 min
  12. 12CHAPTER VIII. THE MACHINE BREAKERS — part 1~25 min
  13. 13CHAPTER VIII. THE MACHINE BREAKERS — part 2~7 min
  14. 14CHAPTER IX. THE MATHEMATICS OF A DREAM — part 1~25 min
  15. 15CHAPTER IX. THE MATHEMATICS OF A DREAM — part 2~12 min
  16. 16CHAPTER X. THE VORTEX~21 min
  17. 17CHAPTER XI. THE GREAT ADVENTURE~17 min
  18. 18CHAPTER XII. THE BISHOP~24 min
  19. 19CHAPTER XIII. THE GENERAL STRIKE~21 min
  20. 20CHAPTER XIV. THE BEGINNING OF THE END~18 min
  21. 21CHAPTER XV. LAST DAYS~12 min
  22. 22CHAPTER XVI. THE END~22 min
  23. 23CHAPTER XVII. THE SCARLET LIVERY~21 min
  24. 24CHAPTER XVIII. IN THE SHADOW OF SONOMA~21 min
  25. 25CHAPTER XIX. TRANSFORMATION~20 min
  26. 26CHAPTER XX. A LOST OLIGARCH~17 min
  27. 27CHAPTER XXI. THE ROARING ABYSMAL BEAST~14 min
  28. 28CHAPTER XXII. THE CHICAGO COMMUNE — part 1~25 min
  29. 29CHAPTER XXII. THE CHICAGO COMMUNE — part 2~2 min
  30. 30CHAPTER XXIII. THE PEOPLE OF THE ABYSS — part 1~25 min

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The soft summer wind stirs the redwoods, and Wild-Water ripples sweet cadences over its mossy stones. There are butterflies in the sunshine, and from everywhere arises the drowsy hum of bees. It is so quiet and peaceful, and I sit here, and ponder, and am restless. It is the quiet that makes me restless. It seems unreal. All the world is quiet, but it is the quiet before the storm. I strain my ears, and all my senses, for some betrayal of that impending storm. Oh, that it may not be premature! That it may not be premature![1] [1] The Second Revolt was largely the work of Ernest Everhard, though he coöperated, of course, with the European leaders. The capture and secret execution of Everhard was the great event of the spring of 1932 A.D. Yet so thoroughly had he prepared for the revolt, that his fellow-conspirators were able, with little confusion or delay, to carry out his plans. It was after Everhard’s execution that his wife went to Wake Robin Lodge, a small bungalow in the Sonoma Hills of California.

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