Before Adam

First edition (publ. Macmillan)

Before Adam is a historical novel by Jack London, serialized in 1906 and 1907 in Everybody's Magazine.^[1] It is the story of a man who dreams he lives the life of an early hominid Australopithecine.

The story offers an early view of human evolution. The majority of the story is told through the eyes of the man's hominid alter ego, one of the Cave People. In addition to the Cave People, there are the more advanced Fire People, and the more animal-like Tree People.

Other characters include the hominid's father, a love interest, and Red-Eye, a fierce "atavism" that perpetually terrorizes the Cave People. A sabre-cat also plays a role in the story.

The US copyright on Before Adam has expired, and the story is available on Project Gutenberg.^[2]

References

↑ "Jack London: Before Adam". london.sonoma.edu. Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-29.
↑ "Before Adam". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved March 16, 2013.

External links

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Works by Jack London

Novels	The Cruise of the Dazzler (1902) A Daughter of the Snows (1902) The Call of the Wild (1903) The Kempton-Wace Letters (1903, anonymously co-authored with Anna Strunsky) The Sea-Wolf (1904) The Game (1905) Before Adam (1906) White Fang (1906) The Iron Heel (1908) Martin Eden (1909) Burning Daylight (1910) Adventure (1911) The Scarlet Plague (1912) A Son of the Sun (1912) The Abysmal Brute (1913) The Valley of the Moon (1913) The Mutiny of the Elsinore (1914) The Star Rover (1915) The Little Lady of the Big House (1916) Jerry of the Islands (1917) Michael, Brother of Jerry (1917) Hearts of Three (1920) The Assassination Bureau, Ltd (1963) (Unfinished, completed by Robert L. Fish)

Short stories	"A Thousand Deaths" (1899) "The Law of Life" (1901) "Bâtard" (1902) "Moon-Face" (1902) "The Leopard Man's Story" (1903) "To Build a Fire" (1908) "The Dream of Debs" (1909) "A Piece of Steak" (1909) "The South of the Slot" (1909) "The Heathen" (1910) "The Mexican" (1911) "The Unparalleled Invasion" (1914) "The Red One" (1918)

Short story collections	Lost Face (1910) South Sea Tales (1911)

Non-fiction	The People of the Abyss (1903) The Road (1907) The Cruise of the Snark (1911) John Barleycorn (1913)

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