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The Call of the Wild

By: Jack London
Narrated by: Pablo Schreiber
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Rediscover one of literature’s most beloved classics, richly reissued in a pivotal new audio recording. Emmy and Tony Award-nominated actor Pablo Schreiber (The Wire, Orange Is the New Black) delivers a stirring performance of Jack London’s fierce yet tender tale of loyalty between man and beast, told from the point of view of a dog.

The Call of the Wild remains one of London’s best-loved novels, often regarded as the crowning masterpiece of a writer whose enduring popularity and prolific output hold a unique place in American literature.

On its face, the novel is the story of Buck, a dog stolen from his comfortable home on a California ranch and shipped to the frozen Yukon to be a trained as a sled dog. But this exhilarating tale of a canine hero’s fight for survival is in fact a vivid depiction of the great gold rush to the Klondike in 1897. Brutal and fierce on one hand, this iconic adventure story is also a heart-warming tale of the tenderness and loyalty between humans and animals, brilliantly told from the latter’s perspective.

Narrator Schreiber, whose previous performance of Brett Easton Ellis’ American Psycho has endeared him to listeners, brings a classic American tale to the ears - and hearts - of a new generation.

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Classics Heartfelt Thought-Provoking Adventure Military Leadership

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"Narrator Pablo Schreiber's pacing, tone, and timbre are spot-on as he delivers this often brutal story.... Schreiber narrates with exquisite restraint.... The narration is ably done and the adventure well served." (AudioFile)

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Great to hear it read by a real person, far better than those other robotic voice versions out there.

Great to hear it read by a real person.

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A gentle journey told by the dog. Good Narrator & very enjoyable. Really good change

A really good emotional read for the love of dogs.

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A story which drew out my emotions of a love for dogs. I could just picture Buck!

Absorbing

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Loved it. Exactly how I remembered it as s child. Played it right through in one sitting.

Just how I remembered it.

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What else is there to say? If anyone hasn’t read it by now, do yourself a favour and listen to the audiobook. It isn’t that long and the narrator is good with no annoying distracting ticks ( ie over the top hissing on “s” and so on).

Classic

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