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The House of Pride and Other Tales of Hawaii by Jack London, Fiction, Action & Adventure

by Jack London · 1912

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Originally published in 1912, this collection contains six stories:

- The House of Pride

- Koolau the Leper

- Good-bye, Jack

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- Aloha Oe

- Chun Ah Chun

- The Sheriff of Kona

A departure from London's normal tales of the frozen North, all of these tales take place in the islands of Hawaii.

Genre
adventureadventureMore like thisLess of thishistorical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of this
Setting
HawaiiHawaiiMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 116 pages
Form
short storiesshort storiesMore like thisLess of this

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