Jack London (1876 - 1916) was an American novelist, journalist and social activist. Pioneering the genre of magazine fi ction and
prototyping science fi ction, he became one of the fi rst writers, who gained worldwide fame and a large fortune. “Adventure”
tells the story a man who fi nds himself alone on a plantation, harassed by local cannibals and an independent and liberated
woman whose arrival at the place changes everything. The novel explores the themes of colonialism and slavery set in the Solomon
Islands, the differences between races, feminism, and the strength of the spirit, caught in a struggle with nature and society.