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'''''A Daughter of the Snows''''' (1902) is [[Jack London]]'s first novel. Set in the [[Yukon]], it tells the story of Frona Welse, "a [[Stanford University|Stanford]] graduate and physical [[Valkyrie]]"<ref name="jlw" /> who takes to the trail after upsetting her wealthy father's community by her forthright manner and befriending the town's prostitute. She is also torn between love for two suitors: Gregory St Vincent, a local man who turns out to be cowardly and treacherous; and Vance Corliss, a [[Yale University|Yale]]-trained mining engineer.<ref name="jl" /> |
'''''A Daughter of the Snows''''' (1902) is [[Jack London]]'s first novel. Set in the [[Yukon]], it tells the story of Frona Welse, "a [[Stanford University|Stanford]] graduate and physical [[Valkyrie]]"<ref name="jlw" /> who takes to the trail after upsetting her wealthy father's community by her forthright manner and befriending the town's prostitute. She is also torn between love for two suitors: Gregory St Vincent, a local man who turns out to be cowardly and treacherous; and Vance Corliss, a [[Yale University|Yale]]-trained mining engineer.<ref name="jl" /> |
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The novel is noteworthy for its strong and self-reliant heroine, one of many who would people his fiction. Her name echoes that of his mother, Flora Wellman, though her inspiration has also been said to include London's friend [[Anna Strunsky]].<ref name="jlw" /> |
The novel is noteworthy for its strong and self-reliant heroine, one of many who would people his fiction. Her name echoes that of his mother, Flora Wellman, though her inspiration has also been said to include London's friend [[Anna Strunsky]].<ref name="jlw" /> |
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Modern commentators have criticized the novel for its approval of the main character's view that [[Anglo-Saxons]] are racially superior.<ref>{{Cite book| publisher = Stanford University Press| isbn = 9780804735162| last1 = Cassuto| first1 = Leonard| last2 = Reesman| first2 = Jeanne Campbell| title = Rereading Jack London| date = 1998| page = 161}}</ref> |
Modern commentators have criticized the novel for its approval of the main character's view that [[Anglo-Saxons]] are racially superior.<ref>{{Cite book| publisher = Stanford University Press| isbn = 9780804735162| last1 = Cassuto| first1 = Leonard| last2 = Reesman| first2 = Jeanne Campbell| title = Rereading Jack London| date = 1998| page = 161}}</ref> |
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The novel was commissioned by publisher [[S. S. McClure]], who provided London a $125 a month stipend to write it.<ref>{{Cite journal|url = http://literatureandbelief.byu.edu/publications/california_naturalists.pdf|title = The "California Naturalists": Memory as Spiritual Renewal and Other Parallels in London, Norris, and Steinbeck|last = Crisler|first = Jesse S|journal = Literature and Belief |
The novel was commissioned by publisher [[S. S. McClure]], who provided London a $125 a month stipend to write it.<ref>{{Cite journal|url = http://literatureandbelief.byu.edu/publications/california_naturalists.pdf|title = The "California Naturalists": Memory as Spiritual Renewal and Other Parallels in London, Norris, and Steinbeck|last = Crisler|first = Jesse S|journal = Literature and Belief|volume = 21|issue = 1|publisher = Center for the Study of Christian Values in Literature}}{{Dead link|date=June 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> |
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''Jack London's Women'', Clarice Stasz, Univ of Massachusetts |
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Press, 2001, {{ISBN|1-55849-301-8}} [https://books.google.com/books?id=o0NksItg9V0C&dq=%22A+Daughter+of+the+Snows%22+%22Frona+Welse%22&pg=PA63 Google Books] |
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''Jack London'', Charles Child Walcutt, U of Minnesota Press, 1966, ISBN |
''Jack London'', Charles Child Walcutt, U of Minnesota Press, 1966, {{ISBN|0-8166-0387-1}} [https://books.google.com/books?id=npL64cG2S6IC&dq=%22Frona+Welse%22+%22Vance+Corliss%22&pg=PA19 Google Books] |
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[[Category:1902 American novels]] |
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[[Category:Novels by Jack London]] |
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[[Category:Novels set in Yukon]] |
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[[Category:J. B. Lippincott & Co. books]] |
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Latest revision as of 20:51, 24 March 2023
 First edition | |
| Author | Jack London |
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| Illustrator | Frederick C. Yohn |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Published | 1902 (J. B. Lippincott Company) |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| Pages | 334 pp |
| OCLC | 25651256 |
A Daughter of the Snows (1902) is Jack London's first novel. Set in the Yukon, it tells the story of Frona Welse, "a Stanford graduate and physical Valkyrie"[1] who takes to the trail after upsetting her wealthy father's community by her forthright manner and befriending the town's prostitute. She is also torn between love for two suitors: Gregory St Vincent, a local man who turns out to be cowardly and treacherous; and Vance Corliss, a Yale-trained mining engineer.[2]
The novel is noteworthy for its strong and self-reliant heroine, one of many who would people his fiction. Her name echoes that of his mother, Flora Wellman, though her inspiration has also been said to include London's friend Anna Strunsky.[1]
Modern commentators have criticized the novel for its approval of the main character's view that Anglo-Saxons are racially superior.[3]
The novel was commissioned by publisher S. S. McClure, who provided London a $125 a month stipend to write it.[4]
References[edit]
Wikisource has original text related to this article:
- ^ a b Jack London's Women, Clarice Stasz, Univ of Massachusetts Press, 2001, ISBN 1-55849-301-8 Google Books
- ^ Jack London, Charles Child Walcutt, U of Minnesota Press, 1966, ISBN 0-8166-0387-1 Google Books
- ^ Cassuto, Leonard; Reesman, Jeanne Campbell (1998). Rereading Jack London. Stanford University Press. p. 161. ISBN 9780804735162.
- ^ Crisler, Jesse S. "The "California Naturalists": Memory as Spiritual Renewal and Other Parallels in London, Norris, and Steinbeck" (PDF). Literature and Belief. 21 (1). Center for the Study of Christian Values in Literature.[permanent dead link]
External links[edit]
- A Daughter of the Snows at Project Gutenberg
A Daughter of the Snows public domain audiobook at LibriVox
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