Synopsis "Theft"

The author of the book 'Theft' is Jack London. He begins the book as a commercial fiction later concluded as a science fiction. Theft is a political piece, in which Knox a congressman, telling unethical activities of Anthony Starkweather, a well-known industrialist. Likewise London's other stories it is also showing, anti-capitalist theme. The whole plot of the story is moving around to search out the documents, that can confirm Knox statements.

Jack London

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Jack London (1876-1916), pseudonym of John Griffith Chaney, is one of the great American writers of the early 20th century. His world is inspired by a very subjective interpretation of Nietzsche's philosophy and is built on the principle of survival of the fittest. Born in San Francisco, he was essentially a self-taught child who avidly read the collections of the public library. At seventeen, he embarked on his first schooner, heading to Japan. After several experiences as a sailor and vagabond -which also led to his imprisonment-, London attended Oakland High School and later, the University of California, which he had to leave due to financial problems. Like many, he suffered from gold fever until he finally turned to writing.

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