The Game by Jack London
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"The Game" by Jack London is a novel published in 1905 about a young boxer navigating love and ambition. Joe Fleming is a twenty-year-old sailmaker who supplements his income through prize-fighting. On the eve of his wedding to Genevieve, he agrees to one final fight before leaving the ring forever. His reluctant fiancée watches from the sidelines, witnessing a night that will change everything. Based on London's experience as a sports reporter,
this story explores the brutal reality of boxing. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | London, Jack, 1876-1916 |
|---|---|
| Title | The Game |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Game_(London_novel) |
| Credits | Transcribed from the 1913 William Heinemann edition by David Price |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 80.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Boxers (Sports) -- Fiction |
| Subject | Boxing stories |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 1160 |
| Release Date | Jan 1, 1998 |
| Last Update | Dec 31, 2020 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 465 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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