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The call of the wild

by Jack London

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  1. 01Chapter I. Into the Primitive~24 min
  2. 02Chapter II. The Law of Club and Fang~21 min
  3. 03Chapter III. The Dominant Primordial Beast — part 1~25 min
  4. 04Chapter III. The Dominant Primordial Beast — part 2~8 min
  5. 05Chapter IV. Who Has Won to Mastership~21 min
  6. 06Chapter V. The Toil of Trace and Trail — part 1~25 min
  7. 07Chapter V. The Toil of Trace and Trail — part 2~9 min
  8. 08Chapter VI. For the Love of a Man — part 1~25 min
  9. 09Chapter VI. For the Love of a Man — part 2~6 min
  10. 10Chapter VII. The Sounding of the Call — part 1~25 min
  11. 11Chapter VII. The Sounding of the Call — part 2~15 min

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“Old longings nomadic leap, Chafing at custom’s chain; Again from its brumal sleep Wakens the ferine strain.” Buck did not read the newspapers, or he would have known that trouble was brewing, not alone for himself, but for every tide-water dog, strong of muscle and with warm, long hair, from Puget Sound to San Diego. Because men, groping in the Arctic darkness, had found a yellow metal, and because steamship and transportation companies were booming the find, thousands of men were rushing into the Northland. These men wanted dogs, and the dogs they wanted were heavy dogs, with strong muscles by which to toil, and furry coats to protect them from the frost.

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