A Daughter of the Snows

Fiction & Literature, Classics, Romance
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Author: Jack London ISBN: 9788826459486
Publisher: SoTo Publication: June 23, 2017
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Jack London
ISBN: 9788826459486
Publisher: SoTo
Publication: June 23, 2017
Imprint:
Language: English

A Daughter of the Snows (1902) is Jack London's first novel. Set in the Yukon, it tells the story of Frona Welse, "a Stanford graduate and physical Valkyrie" who takes to the trail after upsetting her wealthy father's community by her forthright manner and befriending the town's prostitute. She is also torn between love for two suitors: Gregory St Vincent, a local man who turns out to be cowardly and treacherous; and Vance Corliss, a Yale-trained mining engineer. 
The novel is noteworthy for its strong and self-reliant heroine, one of many who would people his fiction. Her name echoes that of his mother, Flora Wellman, though her inspiration has also been said to include London's friend Anna Strunsky. 
Modern commentators have criticized the novel for its approval of the main character's view that Anglo-Saxons are racially superior. 
The novel was commissioned by publisher S. S. McClure, who provided London a $125 a month stipend to write it.

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A Daughter of the Snows (1902) is Jack London's first novel. Set in the Yukon, it tells the story of Frona Welse, "a Stanford graduate and physical Valkyrie" who takes to the trail after upsetting her wealthy father's community by her forthright manner and befriending the town's prostitute. She is also torn between love for two suitors: Gregory St Vincent, a local man who turns out to be cowardly and treacherous; and Vance Corliss, a Yale-trained mining engineer. 
The novel is noteworthy for its strong and self-reliant heroine, one of many who would people his fiction. Her name echoes that of his mother, Flora Wellman, though her inspiration has also been said to include London's friend Anna Strunsky. 
Modern commentators have criticized the novel for its approval of the main character's view that Anglo-Saxons are racially superior. 
The novel was commissioned by publisher S. S. McClure, who provided London a $125 a month stipend to write it.

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