<p><i>The Call of the Wild</i> is Jack London's most popular book and is considered by many to be his best. Telling the story of Buck, a domesticated dog whose wild instincts begin to kick-in while serving as a sled dog in the treacherous Yukon. The novel's tone is often dark, and despite being considered juvenile literature by some, it portrays much violence and cruelty. <i>The Call of the Wild</i> was followed in 1906 by <i>White Fang</i> with its mirroring plot of a wild wolf becoming domesticated by a miner.

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