The Call of the Wild

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The Call of the Wild is a classic 1903 adventure novel by Jack London that follows a domesticated dog’s brutal struggle for survival and transformation in the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush.

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instanceOf American literature work ⓘ
adventure novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
adaptedInto The Call of the Wild (1923 film) ⓘ
The Call of the Wild (1935 film) ⓘ
The Call of the Wild (1972 film) ⓘ
The Call of the Wild (2020 film) ⓘ
various television adaptations ⓘ
author Jack London ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
featuresCharacter Charles ⓘ
Hal ⓘ
John Thornton ⓘ
Mercedes ⓘ
Spitz ⓘ
firstPublicationForm serial ⓘ
firstPublisher Macmillan ⓘ
firstSerializationVenue The Saturday Evening Post ⓘ
firstSerializationYear 1903 ⓘ
genre adventure fiction ⓘ
animal fiction ⓘ
survival fiction ⓘ
hasIllustrationsBy Charles Livingston Bull ⓘ
Philip R. Goodwin ⓘ
includedIn American literary canon ⓘ
influenced later dog-centered adventure fiction ⓘ
initialSetting Santa Clara Valley, California ⓘ
linked to: Santa Clara Valley
literaryMovement naturalism ⓘ
realism ⓘ
mainCharacter Buck ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotElement Buck becomes a sled dog in the Yukon ⓘ
Buck develops a bond with John Thornton ⓘ
Buck fights and defeats Spitz ⓘ
Buck is kidnapped from a California estate ⓘ
Buck ultimately answers the call of the wild ⓘ
protagonistSpecies dog ⓘ
publicationYear 1903 ⓘ
publisherCountry United States ⓘ
settingLocation Yukon Territory ⓘ
settingPeriod Klondike Gold Rush ⓘ
theme instinct and primitivism ⓘ
loyalty ⓘ
master–dog relationship ⓘ
nature versus civilization ⓘ
survival ⓘ
violence ⓘ

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