Colmillo Blanco

Set against the rugged, wild backdrop of a frontier that transcends its mere physical nature to embody the conflict between the natural world and humanity—alienated from it—*White Fang* is one of Jack London’s (1872–1916) most celebrated works. In this story of a wild dog that—significantly—becomes debased through contact with man, we find the themes that define the American author’s entire body of work, all set against the beauty of vast natural landscapes and a glimmer of hope for redemption: the clash between civilization and nature, the eternal struggle between good and evil, the survival of the fittest, genetic determinism, and natural selection.