Revolution, and other Essays
Jack London
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A collection of 13 essays written between 1900 and 1908, published in 1910. The lead essay, "Revolution", outlines how and why London renounced capitalism as a failed social system and declared himself an active participant in the "socialist revolution", the last essay is an autobiographical piece, and the essays in between are on diverse subjects. A few of the “essays” are actually humorous short fiction stories; others are serious, sometimes angry rants against capitalistic greed and political corruption. All of the pieces are thought-provoking and excellently written, though only loosely intellectual, highly opinionated, and rife with contradiction, as was London himself. -- Summary by Michele Fry (6 hr 7 min)
Chapters
| Revolution | 49:59 | Read by Michele Fry |
| The Somnambulists | 15:42 | Read by Ignare |
| The Dignity of Dollars | 16:18 | Read by Ignare |
| Goliah, Part I | 25:07 | Read by Jeremy Robertson |
| Goliah, Part II | 23:08 | Read by Jeremy Robertson |
| The Golden Poppy | 21:56 | Read by KHand |
| The Shrinkage of the Planet | 27:28 | Read by Steve C |
| The House Beautiful | 29:54 | Read by Lucretia B. |
| The Gold Hunters of the North | 29:55 | Read by Phil Schempf |
| Fomá Gordyéeff | 11:44 | Read by Ignare |
| These Bones shall Rise Again | 21:05 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| The Other Animals | 46:06 | Read by DJRickyV |
| The Yellow Peril | 26:07 | Read by Sean Grabosky |
| What Life Means to Me | 22:56 | Read by Michele Fry |
Reviews
interesting stuff
Stevepro
I never knew he wrote shorts like these. Interesting to see a different side of him other than the adventure stories he is so well known for. Also, the readers all did great jobs.
Riveting!
A LibriVox Listener
His books are intense, having dealt with difficult and harrowing subject matter.