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1、杰克伦敦的英文简介甘绍旭整理JackLondonwasaveryfamousrealisticwriteroftheUnitedStates,whosenameatbirthwasJohnGriffithLondon.Hewasalsoastrongsailorandawarcorrespondent.HewasbornonJanuary12,1876inSanFrancisco,California.Itisbelievedthatheistheillegitimatesonofanastrologerw
2、hosenamewasWilliamChaney.Hisfamilywasverypoor----nofixedoccupations,andnofixedresidence,either.SoJackhadtoleaveschooltomakealivingandsupporthisfamily.Jack’sextensivelifeexperiencesincluded:beingalaborer,factoryworker,oysterpirateontheSanFranciscoBay,member
3、oftheCaliforniaFishPatrol,sailor,railroadhobo,andgoldprospector(intheKlondikefrom1897-1898).Inhistwenty,JackenteredtheuniversityofCalifornia.Buthedroppedoutofschoolafterasemesterbecauseofthepoverty.Intheyear1897,hewenttoAlaskatofindgold.Insteadofgettingmuc
4、hgold,hefoundideasforhisbooksandstories.Sohewentbackhomeandbegantowrite.In1900,hepublishedhisfirstnovel---TheSonoftheWolf,immediatelydrawmostofthepeople’sattention.Fromthenon,hecontinuedtopublishaseriesofshortnovels,andbegantohaveaplaceintheAmericanliterat
5、ureworld.LaterJackbecomethebest-selling,highestpaidandmostpopularAmericanauthorofhistime.Hewasprolific:fifty-oneofhisbooksandhundredsofhisarticleshadbeenpublished.Alloftheseworkscanbedividedintothreebigtypes:onedescribesthepeopleinthenature;onedescribesthe
6、peopleinthecity;oneisthethesis.Theworkswhichdescribethepeopleinthenaturealsocanbedividedintotwotypes:aboutthelifeofthepolarregion,aboutthelifeofthesea.HismostnotablebooksincludeTheCalloftheWild(originallyentitled“TheSleepingWolf”)whichwaspublishedin1903,be
7、longstothetypewhichisaboutthelifeofthepolarregion.TheIronHeel,WhiteFang,TheSea-Wolf(originallyentitled“MercyoftheSea”),whichisthesymbolicworkaboutpeople’slifeofthesea.ThePeopleoftheAbyss(asociologicaltreatiseabouttheslumsofLondon,England),JohnBarleycorn,Ma
8、rtinEden,andTheStarRover.Hisshortstory,“ToBuildAFire”,isconsideredtobeanall-timeclassic.Hiswritingshavebeentranslatedintoseveraldozenlanguagesandtoallofhisworkswerewidelyreadthroughouttheworld.Mostofhisworksa
