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Jack London ’s The Call of the Wild , published in 1903, is an adventure novel that follows the journey of Buck, a domesticated dog stolen from his home in California and sold into the brutal life of an Alaskan sled dog during the Klondike Gold Rush.
Plot Summary. The Call of the Wild. By Jack London. ‘The Call of the Wild’ follows Buck a dog who is stolen from California and sold as a sled dog in the Yukon. Introduction. Summary. Themes and Analysis. Characters. Historical Context. Review. Article written by Emma Baldwin.
Key Facts about The Call of the Wild. Title: The Call of the Wild; When/where written: 1903 in California; Published: 1903; Literary Period: Naturalism; Genre: Adventure novel; Point-of-View: Third-person limited narrator; Setting: The late 1890s in California and then in the Klondike; Climax: Buck killing the Yeehats; Antagonist: Nature and ...
