The Little Lady of the Big House
by Jack London
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Trajectory presents classics of world literature with 21st century features! Our original-text editions include the following visual enhancements to foster a deeper understanding of the work: Word Clouds at the start of each chapter highlight important words. Word, sentence, paragraph counts, and reading time help readers and teachers determine chapter complexity. Co-occurrence graphs depict character-to-character interactions as well character to place interactions. Sentiment indexes show more identify positive and negative trends in mood within each chapter. Frequency graphs help display the impact this book has had on popular culture since its original date of publication. Use Trajectory analytics to deepen comprehension, to provide a focus for discussions and writing assignments, and to engage new readers with some of the greatest stories ever told. "The Little Lady of the Big House" by Jack London takes place in California and centers around the character Forrest and his wife Paula. They have a great relationship until Paula falls for someone else. show lessTags
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Half way through this book, I started skimming rapidly, not willing to waste my time on a book that ends horribly (the problem with reading ebooks- if i had been reading a hard copy, I would have read the last sentence and saved four hours of my life).
My problems with this book:
Glamorizes and romanticizes adultery and suicide- this is my major reason for the 1 star rating.
Characters are unrealistic, even the setting is unreal. For example, the main character Forrest has a huge ranch (250000 acres I think) with a wide range of activities going on, breeding everything from angora goats to goldfish and a range of crops, as well as mining elsewhere. He has so many employees, there is a large village on his ranch of their families. And show more every morning he rides around on his horse for one hour everyday and somehow knows about every employee and their families and how they are doing their jobs in a kind of Sherlock Homes method. show less
My problems with this book:
Glamorizes and romanticizes adultery and suicide- this is my major reason for the 1 star rating.
Characters are unrealistic, even the setting is unreal. For example, the main character Forrest has a huge ranch (250000 acres I think) with a wide range of activities going on, breeding everything from angora goats to goldfish and a range of crops, as well as mining elsewhere. He has so many employees, there is a large village on his ranch of their families. And show more every morning he rides around on his horse for one hour everyday and somehow knows about every employee and their families and how they are doing their jobs in a kind of Sherlock Homes method. show less
Half way through this book, I started skimming rapidly, not willing to waste my time on a book that ends horribly (the problem with reading ebooks- if i had been reading a hard copy, I would have read the last sentence and saved four hours of my life).
My problems with this book:
Glamorizes and romanticizes adultery and suicide- this is my major reason for the 1 star rating.
Characters are unrealistic, even the setting is unreal. For example, the main character Forrest has a huge ranch (250000 acres I think) with a wide range of activities going on, breeding everything from angora goats to goldfish and a range of crops, as well as mining elsewhere. He has so many employees, there is a large village on his ranch of their families. And show more every morning he rides around on his horse for one hour everyday and somehow knows about every employee and their families and how they are doing their jobs in a kind of Sherlock Homes method. show less
My problems with this book:
Glamorizes and romanticizes adultery and suicide- this is my major reason for the 1 star rating.
Characters are unrealistic, even the setting is unreal. For example, the main character Forrest has a huge ranch (250000 acres I think) with a wide range of activities going on, breeding everything from angora goats to goldfish and a range of crops, as well as mining elsewhere. He has so many employees, there is a large village on his ranch of their families. And show more every morning he rides around on his horse for one hour everyday and somehow knows about every employee and their families and how they are doing their jobs in a kind of Sherlock Homes method. show less
Half way through this book, I started skimming rapidly, not willing to waste my time on a book that ends horribly (the problem with reading ebooks- if i had been reading a hard copy, I would have read the last sentence and saved four hours of my life).
My problems with this book:
Glamorizes and romanticizes adultery and suicide- this is my major reason for the 1 star rating.
Characters are unrealistic, even the setting is unreal. For example, the main character Forrest has a huge ranch (250000 acres I think) with a wide range of activities going on, breeding everything from angora goats to goldfish and a range of crops, as well as mining elsewhere. He has so many employees, there is a large village on his ranch of their families. And show more every morning he rides around on his horse for one hour everyday and somehow knows about every employee and their families and how they are doing their jobs in a kind of Sherlock Homes method. show less
My problems with this book:
Glamorizes and romanticizes adultery and suicide- this is my major reason for the 1 star rating.
Characters are unrealistic, even the setting is unreal. For example, the main character Forrest has a huge ranch (250000 acres I think) with a wide range of activities going on, breeding everything from angora goats to goldfish and a range of crops, as well as mining elsewhere. He has so many employees, there is a large village on his ranch of their families. And show more every morning he rides around on his horse for one hour everyday and somehow knows about every employee and their families and how they are doing their jobs in a kind of Sherlock Homes method. show less
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One of the pioneers of 20th century American literature, Jack London specialized in tales of adventure inspired by his own experiences. London was born in San Francisco in 1876. At 14, he quit school and became an "oyster pirate," robbing oyster beds to sell his booty to the bars and restaurants in Oakland. Later, he turned on his pirate show more associates and joined the local Fish Patrol, resulting in some hair-raising waterfront battles. Other youthful activities included sailing on a seal-hunting ship, traveling the United States as a railroad tramp, a jail term for vagrancy and a hazardous winter in the Klondike during the 1897 gold rush. Those experiences converted him to socialism, as he educated himself through prolific reading and began to write fiction. After a struggling apprenticeship, London hit literary paydirt by combining memories of his adventures with Darwinian and Spencerian evolutionary theory, the Nietzchean concept of the "superman" and a Kipling-influenced narrative style. "The Son of the Wolf"(1900) was his first popular success, followed by 'The Call of the Wild" (1903), "The Sea-Wolf" (1904) and "White Fang" (1906). He also wrote nonfiction, including reportage of the Russo-Japanese War and Mexican revolution, as well as "The Cruise of the Snark" (1911), an account of an eventful South Pacific sea voyage with his wife, Charmian, and a rather motley crew. London's body broke down prematurely from his rugged lifestyle and hard drinking, and he died of uremic poisoning - possibly helped along by a morphine overdose - at his California ranch in 1916. Though his massive output is uneven, his best works - particularly "The Call of the Wild" and "White Fang" - have endured because of their rich subject matter and vigorous prose. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical title*
- La piccola signora della grande casa
- Original title
- The Little Lady of the Big House
- Original publication date
- 1915
- People/Characters
- Dick; Paula; Graham; Red Cloud
- Related movies
- The Little Fool (1921 | IMDb)
- First words
- He awoke in the dark. His awakening was simple, easy, without movement
save for the eyes that opened and made him aware of darkness. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)From without, the twittering of the canaries
bathing in the fountain penetrated the silence of the room, and from
afar came the trumpeting of Mountain Lad and the silver whinny of the
Fotherington Princess.
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