The little lady of the big house - Jack London

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The little lady of the big house - a novel by American writer Jack London, created in 1915, first published in 1916. Written work in the genre of tragic prose.

Jack London has written over two hundred short stories, as well as many novels and short stories. The author is known to readers more as a writer of the adventure genre, but The Little Lady of the big house, in the opinion of the writer himself, was his best work. The novel was written in the last years of the author’s life and therefore is characterized by sentimental and tragic motifs characteristic of that period of creativity.

The plot is based on a “love triangle”. The novel The Little Lady of the big house is devoted to the relationship of strong-minded individuals and shows the power and depth of feelings that love can generate in the hearts of such people. The main characters of the novel are Paola Desten, Dick Forrest and Iven Graham. Events in the novel develop in the state of California. The novel is full of intricacies, love intrigues and at the same time thoroughly imbued with nobility and honor. This gives a peculiar charm to the work.

In the novel The little lady of the big house there is also a second storyline, which tells about the childhood of the main character, Dick Forrest, who decided to leave home at an early age and went wandering around the world pennilessly. The plot of the novel The little lady of the big house is built very unusual and has an unexpected ending. According to the author himself, this was the only possible clean and noble way out of this situation.