History Creator / JackLondon

* CompleteMonster: Black Leclere, the titular wolf-dog's owner in "Batârd". He is a sociopathic loner [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals who only buys Batârd as a pup so that he can break him.]] He is also a remorseless murderer, and the reason why his dog became such a menace. His final act before being hanged is to demand that his dog be executed as well.

* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: Zigzagged depending on the levels of animal abuse depicted, but needless animal cruelty is always treated as an unnecessary evil. So much so that "Batârd", [[ValuesResonance written in 1907]], is one of the earliest examples of a work of art ''condemnimg'' animal abuse.

* CompleteMonster: Black Leclere, the titular wolf-dog's owner in "Batârd". He is a sociopathic loner [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals who only buys Batârd as a pup so that he can break him.]] He is also a remorseless murderer, and the reason why his dog became such a menace.

* AfterTheEnd: "The Scarlet Plague" takes place long after a global disease outbreak and hardly anyone remembers the times before.

John Griffith "Jack" London (born John Griffith Chaney, January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916) was an American author best known for his adventure novels and short stories. He was also one of the first Americans to make a lucrative career exclusively from writing. Twice (in 1901 and 1905) he ran for mayor of Oakland, CA, as a Socialist. When he was 21 he went to the Yukon Territory to prospect for gold during the Klondike Gold Rush; this served as inspiration for some of his most famous works, such as "To Build a Fire" and ''The Call of the Wild''. He also worked as a journalist, penning a memorable [[http://london.sonoma.edu/Writings/Journalism/sfearthquake.html eyewitness account]] of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire.

* {{Invisibility}}: The two rival brothers in "The Shadow and the Flash" find different ways to turn to do this but with this same result.

* ChinaTakesOverTheWorld: ''The Unparalleled Invasion'' has a slow (and very racist -- it is a ''perfect'' example of the Yellow Peril concept, though not of the trope) version: a modernised Imperial China (it was written in 1910, literally a year before the Qing fell) expanding by having its growing population constantly move into bordering regions. Outnumber the natives, officially annex the place, start moving into the ''new'' bordering regions... ultimately, they're stopped by an international coalition using biological warfare to exterminate the Chinese population (the Unparalleled Invasion the title references). [[ValuesDissonance This is portrayed as a good thing]].

* ThePlague: "The Scarlet Plague"

* SiblingRivalry: In "The Shadow and the Flash."

Jack London (1876-1916) was an American author best known for his adventure novels and short stories. He was also one of the first Americans to make a lucrative career exclusively from writing. Twice (in 1901 and 1905) he ran for mayor of Oakland, CA, as a Socialist. When he was 21 he went to the Yukon Territory to prospect for gold during the Klondike Gold Rush; this served as inspiration for some of his most famous works, such as "To Build a Fire" and ''The Call of the Wild''. He also worked as a journalist, penning a memorable [[http://london.sonoma.edu/Writings/Journalism/sfearthquake.html eyewitness account]] of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire.

Jack London (1876-1916) was an American author best known for his adventure novels and short stories. He was also one of the first Americans to make a lucrative career exclusively from writing. Twice (in 1901 and 1905) he ran for mayor of Oakland, CA, as a socialist. When he was 21 he went to the Yukon Territory to prospect for gold during the Klondike Gold Rush; this served as inspiration for some of his most famous works, such as "To Build a Fire" and ''The Call of the Wild''. He also worked as a journalist, penning a memorable [[http://london.sonoma.edu/Writings/Journalism/sfearthquake.html eyewitness account]] of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire.

Jack London (1876-1916) was an American author best known for his adventure novels and short stories. He was also one of the first Americans to make a lucrative career exclusively from writing. Twice (in 1901 and 1905) he ran for mayor of Oakland, CA, as a socialist. When he was 21 he went to the Yukon Territory to prospect for gold during the Klondike Gold Rush; this served as inspiration for some of his most famous works, such as "To Build a Fire" and ''The Call of the Wild''. He also worked as a journalist, penning a memorable [[http://london.sonoma.edu/Writings/Journalism/sfearthquake.html eyewitness account]] of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire. London died of kidney failure, with morphine addiction and severe alcoholism as contributory causes, in 1916. He was an extremely prolific author, releasing dozens and dozens of novels, stories, short story collections, and poems over a 20-year career.