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This time it was a laundry. In 1897 he went to the Klondike
as a gold miner. His f^pst short story was published in 1898.
Some of the difficulties he met during the first years of
his literary work are described in his novel "Martin Eden".
During the sixteen years of his literary
career Jack London
published about fifty books: short stories, novels and essays.
In his best stories London described the severe life and struggle
of people against nature.
He died at the age of forty in 1916.
Questions:
1. When was Jack London born?
2. What was his real name?
3. How long did he attend the Oakland High school?
4. Why did he have to stop his studies?
5. What did he do in the Klondike?
6. What did he describe in his books?
Vocabulary:
sailor — моряк, матрос
unemployed — безработный
to wander — скитаться
laundry — прачечная
идти работать.
На этот раз он работал в прачечной. В 1897 г. он
поехал в Клондайк работать золотоискателем.
Его первый
рассказ был опубликован в 1898 г.
В романе "Мартин Идеи" Джек Лондон описал трудно-
сти, с которыми он столкнулся в первые годы своей лите-
ратурной деятельности.
За 16 лет своей литературной карьеры
Джек Лондон
опубликовал около 50 книг: рассказы, романы, эссе. В сво-
их лучших рассказах он описывал
суровую жизнь и борь-
бу людей с природой.
Он умер в возрасте сорока лет в 1916 году.
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