书名：The Call of the Wild and Selected Stories野性的呼唤
作者：Jack London
出版社名称：Signet Classics
出版时间：2009

语种：英语
ISBN：9780451531346
商品尺寸：10.8 x 1.3 x 17.3 cm
包装：平装
页数：192（以实物为准）

The Call of the Wild《野性的呼唤》描述了一个关于动物与人性的故事。作者Jack London（杰克•伦敦）把自己在加拿大Yukon地区生活的亲身经历加以改写，把视角转化在主角小狗巴克身上，创造出这部耐人寻味的经典小说，一经发表就震惊文学界，被翻译成80多种语言，也被列入大学必读文学作品之一。

故事的主人翁是一只名为巴克的牧羊犬，讲述了它从文明的人类社会回到狼群原始生活的过程。从小生活在温室环境中的巴克被偷着拐卖到原始荒野当雪橇狗。恶劣的生存环境锻炼了巴克，他在历练中不断成长，换了一个又一个主人，终于通过战胜狗王斯匹茨而赢得了拉雪橇狗群中的头把交椅。当残暴的哈尔将巴克打得遗体鳞伤、奄奄一息时，约翰·桑顿的解救让巴克感受到温暖并决定誓死效忠恩主，但恩主的遇害彻底打碎了巴克对于人类社会的留恋，从而促使巴克坚定决心，毅然走向荒野，回归自然。

“Deep in the forest a call was sounding, and… he felt compelled to turn his back upon the fire, and to plunge into the forest.”

Stolen away from his comfortable life as a pet in California, Buck is sold to dog traders and soon finds himself surrounded by cruelty. As misfortune besets him, a saviour appears in the shape of John Thornton. Indebted to his new master, Buck remains by Thornton’s side, protecting him with fierce loyalty. However, despite his devotion, Buck towards the lawless and harsh wilderness,The Call of the Wildremains as exciting an adventure today as when it was first published.

杰克·伦敦，美国著名的现实主义作家，生于旧金山。从1900年起，他连续发表和出版了许多小说，讲述美国下层人民的生活故事，揭露资本主义社会的罪恶。他的作品大都带有浓厚的社会主义和个人主义色彩。他的作品在全世界都广为流传，是广受中国读者欢迎的外国作家之一。他一生著述颇丰，16年中留下了19部长篇小说、150多篇短篇小说以及大量文学报告集，还写了3个剧本以及相当多的随笔和论文。著名的有《马丁·伊登》《野性的呼唤》《白牙》《热爱生命》等小说。他是世界文学史上较早的商业作家之一，因此被誉为商业作家的先锋。

Jack London was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist. A pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction, he was one of the first fiction writers to obtain worldwide celebrity and a large fortune from his fiction alone. Some of his most famous works includeThe Call of the WildandWhite Fang, both set in the Klondike Gold Rush, as well as the short stories “To Build a Fire”, “An Odyssey of the North”, and “Love of Life”.