The Call of the Wild (Version 5): Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Call of the Wild (Version 5), credited to Jack London, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Call of the Wild (Version 5) by Jack London. Read in English by Jeff Clark Buck, a magnificent mix of St. Bernard and Scotch shepherd dog, rules contentedly at Judge Miller’s place in California’s Santa Clara Valley. But 1897 brings the Klondike Gold Rush, and Buck is the perfect kind of dog to service sleds—so he is stolen and spirited away to the Northland. There he learns a hard life at the hands of tough men and competing sled dogs, which sharpen his instincts and survival skills. Thousands of miles of grueling sled travel and toil nearly wear Buck out, until chance in the form of John Thornton saves him. This “ideal master” proves the only man worthy of Buck’s unconditional love. Despite his newfound companionship, however, the growing lure of Buck’s primitive ancestral heritage, the “song of a younger world” awakened by the wild harsh beauty of his environment, vies for that love. Only chance once again resolves the tension between love and nature… and allows Buck to fulfill his glorious, bittersweet destiny. A personal note from the reader: I think that my characterization of this book follows the way I found myself reading it. For best listening experience, use headphones. (Not earbuds, unless they are of high quality!) - Summary by Jeff Clark

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Call of the Wild (Version 5)
• Author credits: Jack London
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 7
• Listed recording duration: 3:39:59

Catalogue topics

• animal adventure stories
• nature and nurture
• klondike gold rush

Track guide

1. 01 - Into the Primitive — 26:19
2. 02 - The Law of Club and Fang — 22:59
3. 03 - The Dominant Primordial Beast — 36:08
4. 04 - Who Has Won to Mastership — 21:29
5. 05 - The Toil of Trace and Trail — 36:54
6. 06 - For the Love of a Man — 32:59
7. 07 - The Sounding of the Call — 43:11

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