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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Call of the Wild canonical | 10 |
| The Call of the Wild and Other Stories | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American literature work
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adventure novel ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| adaptedInto |
The Call of the Wild (1923 film)
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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
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surface form:
United States
|
| featuresCharacter |
Charles
ⓘ
Hal ⓘ John Thornton ⓘ Mercedes ⓘ Spitz ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | serial ⓘ |
| firstPublisher |
The Macmillan Company
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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
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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
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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
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surface form:
United States
|
| settingLocation | Yukon Territory ⓘ |
| settingPeriod |
Klondike Gold Rush (1897–1898)
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surface form:
Klondike Gold Rush
|
| theme |
instinct and primitivism
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loyalty ⓘ master–dog relationship ⓘ nature versus civilization ⓘ survival ⓘ violence ⓘ |
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
John Griffith Chaney
subject surface form:
John Griffith Chaney
this entity surface form:
The Call of the Wild and Other Stories
subject surface form:
Naturalism (literature)