Орнитолог Портер решает навестить окутанный мрачными преданиями остров Эйерн. Местные верят, что на его берега время от времени выходят из морских пучин русалки и тритоны. Но то, с чем предстоит встретиться Портеру, гораздо ужаснее и безжалостнее… («Новый вид») Старик Адам Фаррел умирает в одиночестве. В его опустевший холодный дом является некто Фалред. Он решается провести ночь в комнате мертвеца («Прикосновение смерти») В юности охотник Бауман стал свидетелем жуткого происшествия. Вместе со...
Commonly considered to be Jack London's tour de force, The Call of the Wild tells the story of Buck, a domesticated dog ripped from a comfortable life when he is stolen from his home on a California ranch. Sold to a pair of men in Canada, Buck is trained as a sled dog in cold wilderness of the Klondike region. However, Buck's ordeal has only begun, as he is forced to learn how to overcome both in the brutal conditions and as the primal social facets as a member of a dog sled pack.
The Call of the Wild is a short adventure novel by Jack London published in 1903 and set in Yukon, Canada during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush, when strong sled dogs were in high demand. The central character is a dog named Buck. The story opens at a ranch in the Santa Clara Valley of California when Buck is stolen from his home and sold into service as a sled dog in Alaska. He progressively reverts to a wild state in the harsh climate, where he is forced to fight to dominate other dogs. By the...
