Revolution and Other Essays is a collection of 13 Jack London essays and stories published in 1910 by The Macmillan Company.[1] The collection includes fictional stories and essays. Most, but not all, of its contents concern socialism and injustice.[2]

Contents

"Revolution", the first essay in the book, extols Jack London's renunciation of Capitalism in favor of Socialism.[3] Contents include: "Revolution", "The Somnambulists", "The Dignity of Dollars", "Goliah", "The Golden Poppy", "The Shrinkage of the Planet", "The House Beautiful", "The Gold Hunters of the North", "Fomá Gordyéeff", "These Bones Shall Rise Again", "The Other Animals", "The Yellow Peril", and "What Life Means to Me". It was reprinted in 1912 as part of the Macmillan Standard Library series.[4]

"Goliah" was originally published in 1908 in Red Magazine and was also published by Thorp Springs Press in 1974.[5] It depicts a society transformed.[6]

Reviews

The book was reviewed overall favorably by the Tampa Times in 1910, though the reviewer was less pleased with the namesake essay.[7]

References

  1. ↑ London, Jack (December 3, 1910). Revolution: And Other Essays. Macmillan. ISBN 9781615360376 – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ "Revolution, and Other Essays". The Kansas City Star. 1910-04-23. p. 9. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
  3. ↑ "LibriVox". librivox.org.
  4. ↑ "Literary Notes". The Washington Herald. 1912-10-20. p. 18. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
  5. ↑ "GOLIAH: A UTOPIAN ESSAY by Jack London on L. W. Currey, Inc". L. W. Currey, Inc.
  6. ↑ "Jack London: Beyond the Call of the Wild | VQR Online".
  7. ↑ "The Latest Books: Revolution and Other Essays". The Tampa Tribune. 1910-06-26. p. 13. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
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