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INTRODUCTION — REVISED |
This fiction output, divided among short stories, novels, and collections of stories (some of which contain stories written expressly for the collection), was distributed as the chart below indicates, including the two non-professional years before 1899: |
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| Year |
Stories |
Novels |
Collections |
| 1895 |
6 |
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| 1897 |
1 |
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| 1899 |
16 |
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| 1900 |
15 |
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1 |
| 1901 |
11 |
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1 |
| 1902 |
16 |
2 |
1 |
| 1903 |
9 |
1 |
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| 1904 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
| 1905 |
10 |
1 |
1 |
| 1906 |
9 |
2 |
1 |
| 1907 |
7 |
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1 |
| 1908 |
11 |
2 |
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| 1909 |
13 |
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| 1910 |
12 |
2 |
1 |
| 1911 |
24 |
1 |
2 |
| 1912 |
10 |
1 |
3 |
| 1913 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
| 1914 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| 1915 |
|
1 |
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| 1916 |
1 |
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| [London's death: 22 November 2023] |
| 1917 |
2 |
2 |
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| 1918 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
| 1919 |
2 |
|
1 |
| 1922 |
1 |
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| 1924 |
1 |
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| 1963 |
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1 |
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| 1976 |
1 |
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| 1983 |
2 |
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| 1993 |
6 |
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The table shows that in his last years London turned away from the short story toward the novel — five novels in the last four years of his life as against only five short stories.* It shows too that in the more tranquil year of 1911, following the Snark voyage and the beginning of his building of "Wolf House" and the "Beauty Ranch," London reached his peak of productivity — twenty-four stories, one novel, and two collections of stories published in that single, stunning year.
*Three of the novels and at least eleven of the stories published posthumously were also written during this period.
The entire contents of The Fiction of Jack London copyrighted © 2005, by Dale L. Walker. All rights reserved.
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