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To Build a Fire (Unabridged) by Jack London

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To Build a Fire (Unabridged)

Author
Jack London
Narrator
Michael Troy
Publisher
Bookstream Audiobooks
Publish Date
30 September 2020
Run Time
42 minutes
Format
Audiobook
Genre
Classic fiction
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"To Build a Fire" is a short story by American author Jack London. The story written in 1908 has become an often anthologized classic. The Story is about an unnamed male protagonist who ventures out in the subzero boreal forest of the Yukon Territory. He is followed by a native dog and is en route to visit his friends - ignoring warnings from an older man (an elder from the Sulphur Creek) about the dangers of hiking alone in extreme cold. The protagonist underestimates the harsh conditions and slowly begins to freeze to death. After building a fire and leaving it to continue his journey, he later attempts to build another. Then tries to kill the dog to gain access to its body heat, but fails to do either. He slips into unconsciousness and dies of hypothermia

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Author
Jack London
Narrator
Michael Troy
Duration
42 minutes
Release Date
30 September 2020
ISBN
9783991179986
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
Bookstream Audiobooks
Genre
Classic fiction

Synopsis

"To Build a Fire" is a short story by American author Jack London. The story written in 1908 has become an often anthologized classic. The Story is about an unnamed male protagonist who ventures out in the subzero boreal forest of the Yukon Territory. He is followed by a native dog and is en route to visit his friends - ignoring warnings from an older man (an elder from the Sulphur Creek) about the dangers of hiking alone in extreme cold. The protagonist underestimates the harsh conditions and slowly begins to freeze to death. After building a fire and leaving it to continue his journey, he later attempts to build another. Then tries to kill the dog to gain access to its body heat, but fails to do either. He slips into unconsciousness and dies of hypothermia

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