A Son of the Sun (novel)
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A Son of the Sun is a 1912 novel
by Jack London
. It is set in the South Pacific at the beginning of the 20th century and consists of eight separate stories. David Grief is a forty year old English adventurer who came to the South seas years ago and became rich. As a businessman he owns offices in Sydney
, but he is rarely there. Since his wealth spreads over a lot of island
s, Grief has some adventures while going among these islands. London depicts the striking panorama of the South seas with adventurers, scoundrels, swindlers, pirates, and cannibals.
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
by Jack London
Jack London
John Griffith "Jack" London was an American author, journalist, and social activist. He was a pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction and was one of the first fiction writers to obtain worldwide celebrity and a large fortune from his fiction alone...
. It is set in the South Pacific at the beginning of the 20th century and consists of eight separate stories. David Grief is a forty year old English adventurer who came to the South seas years ago and became rich. As a businessman he owns offices in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
, but he is rarely there. Since his wealth spreads over a lot of island
Island
An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot , or holm...
s, Grief has some adventures while going among these islands. London depicts the striking panorama of the South seas with adventurers, scoundrels, swindlers, pirates, and cannibals.
Contents
- A Son of the Sun
- The Proud Goat of Aloysius Pankburn
- The Devils of Fuatino
- The Jokers of New Gibbon
- A Little Account With Swithin Hall
- A Goboto Night
- The Feathers of the Sun
- The Pearls of Parlay