The Valley of the Moon

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The Valley of the Moon is a 1913 novel by American author Jack London that follows a working-class couple’s search for a better life in the rural landscapes of California.

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The Valley of the Moon canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel
adaptationType silent film
author Jack London NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States
depicts California farming communities
labor strikes in Oakland
urban working-class life
firstPublicationForm book
follows working-class couple
genre romantic novel
social novel
working-class fiction
hasAdaptation The Valley of the Moon (1914 film) NERFINISHED
hasAuthorNationality American
hasDigitalEdition Internet Archive NERFINISHED
Project Gutenberg NERFINISHED
hasForm prose fiction
hasISBN none (pre-ISBN era)
hasMotif land ownership
migration from city to countryside
self-sufficiency
hasPart Book I NERFINISHED
Book II NERFINISHED
Book III NERFINISHED
hasTitleOrigin Valley of the Moon region in Sonoma County, California NERFINISHED
hasWorkChronologyPosition later-career work of Jack London
isInPublicDomain true
language English
literaryMovement American naturalism
American realism NERFINISHED
mainCharacter Billy Roberts NERFINISHED
Saxon Roberts NERFINISHED
mediaType print
narrativePerspective third-person narration
originalAudience adult readers
pageCountApproximate ~530 pages
placeOfPublication New York City
publicationYear 1913
publisher The Macmillan Company NERFINISHED
setting California NERFINISHED
settingPeriod early 20th century
theme back-to-the-land movement NERFINISHED
class struggle
labor and capital conflict
marriage and partnership
rural idealism
search for a better life

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