A Daughter of the Snows (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

by Jack London

Overview

Published in 1902, this was London's first novel.  It features a strong female character, Frona Welse, a wealthy young Stanford graduate who turns her back on society and forges a new life for herself in the wilds of the Yukon. The book failed at the time, due to the public’s inability to connect with a female character who was neither atop a pedestal nor in the kitchen.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781411443242
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble
Publication date:	03/01/2011
Series:	Barnes & Noble Digital Library
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	346
File size:	348 KB
Age Range:	3 Months to 18 Years

About the Author

Jack London (1876-1916) was born in San Francisco, the illegitimate son of a music teacher whose lover spurned her after she refused an abortion. His writings dealt with his social activism and care for the worker. Largely self-educated, London became a sailor, a hobo, a gold miner, and a socialist—all of which would find their way into his fiction.