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 of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
featuresCharacter Charles ⓘ
Hal ⓘ
John Thornton ⓘ
Mercedes ⓘ
Spitz ⓘ
firstPublicationForm serial ⓘ
firstPublisher The Macmillan Company ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: Santa Clara Valley, California
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 of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
settingLocation Yukon Territory ⓘ
settingPeriod Klondike Gold Rush (1897–1898) ⓘ
surface form: Klondike Gold Rush
theme instinct and primitivism ⓘ
loyalty ⓘ
master–dog relationship ⓘ
nature versus civilization ⓘ
survival ⓘ
violence ⓘ

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John Griffith Chaney → notableWork → The Call of the Wild ⓘ
John Griffith Chaney → hasSignatureWork → The Call of the Wild ⓘ
Chaney → notableWorkOfBearer → The Call of the Wild ⓘ
White Fang → followsWork → The Call of the Wild ⓘ
White Fang → relatedWork → The Call of the Wild ⓘ
John → notableWork → The Call of the Wild ⓘ
subject surface form: John Griffith Chaney
John → notableWork → The Call of the Wild ⓘ
subject surface form: John Griffith Chaney
this entity surface form: The Call of the Wild and Other Stories
Viking → publisherOf → The Call of the Wild ⓘ
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Naturalism → hasKeyWork → The Call of the Wild ⓘ
subject surface form: Naturalism (literature)