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Title: The Game
Author: Jack London
Narrator: Ken Maxon
Format: Unabridged
Length: 1 hr and 25 mins
Language: English
Release date: 10-18-10
Publisher: Hudson Audio Publishing
Ratings: 2.5 of 5 out of 4 votes
Genres: Classics, American Literature
Publisher's Summary:
Joe Fleming, a youth of 20, earning his livelihood as a sailmaker and supporting his mother and sisters by his trade, augments his income by prize-fighting before so-called sporting clubs. On the eve of his marriage to Genevieve, an employe' in the Silversteins' candy shop, Joe is to fight his last bout before a club, having promised Genevieve to give up "the game," which, while it seems wrong to her, is to him a clean and manly as well as lucrative occupation. It is Joe's desire that Genevieve shall witness the fight, and the girl has reluctantly agreed to do so.
Members Reviews:
The Game Vs. the Dame
A very engaging, quickly moving short story. While boxing is a key part of the story in which London describes the fighter's love of the boxing "game" and his fiancee's belief that she is at odds with his intense love of boxing, you could substitute other activities a young man is drawn to: football, baseball, chemistry, horses, etc. with the same type of complex challenge. However, in this case he is involved with a sport that is potentially deadly.
I could kind of see the inevitable ending, but hoped London would take another route in which the boy would have to make a conscious choice between his game and his love. But, London being London this story was true to his style as exhibited in other works. Of course, this is a very quick read, flawlessly written and would appeal to a very wide range of readers.
The Boxer and the Sales Girl
I am always looking for short stories. At first when I saw this was Jack London, I thought it would be all he manly stuff. While much of it is, it is also the love story of two people who didn't know they were looking for love. The story is written in an older style which makes it acceptable for anyone to read. This story is about Joe courting Genevieve and Genevieve trying to understand his passion for boxing.
Joe is a boxer, one of the best who uses his winnings to support his family. Genevieve is an orphan who works in a candy shop. When they meet it is Kismet. While astonishing the neighbors at such a strange match, they plan a future together. To reach that future Joe has to lay everything on the line and fight Ponta. This fight is fairly graphic in detail.
The story is filled with passion not only between Joe and Genevieve, but also the passion for boxing that Joe has.
I highly recommend anyone to read this book.
Great Short Story
This was an outstanding short story. It is about two young people who fall in love with one another. They are both ordinary, but the young man is a prize fighter and would do anything for his woman. The story is so short, if I said anymore, it would ruin it. It's fairly slow at first, but the pace of the story increases with every page.
Aha, Got me!
Aha, Got me! Didn't see that ending coming. Jack London has an amazing insight into the nitty gritty of life that most of us never experienced.
The story sucks you in to thinking that you know what is going to happen. But it doesn't. He paints a picture of characters that makes you begin to take sides in a story and keeps you reading. And then he reminds you that life is what it is, not always what you wanted it to be.
Weird Ending
I thought it was so-so. The ending was pretty abrupt and left me wondering 'what the heck' - but not in a good way. There are lots of better books out there to pass the time.
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Title: The Game
Author: Jack London
Narrator: Ken Maxon
Format: Unabridged
Length: 1 hr and 25 mins
Language: English
Release date: 10-18-10
Publisher: Hudson Audio Publishing
Ratings: 2.5 of 5 out of 4 votes
Genres: Classics, American Literature
Publisher's Summary:
Joe Fleming, a youth of 20, earning his livelihood as a sailmaker and supporting his mother and sisters by his trade, augments his income by prize-fighting before so-called sporting clubs. On the eve of his marriage to Genevieve, an employe' in the Silversteins' candy shop, Joe is to fight his last bout before a club, having promised Genevieve to give up "the game," which, while it seems wrong to her, is to him a clean and manly as well as lucrative occupation. It is Joe's desire that Genevieve shall witness the fight, and the girl has reluctantly agreed to do so.
Members Reviews:
The Game Vs. the Dame
A very engaging, quickly moving short story. While boxing is a key part of the story in which London describes the fighter's love of the boxing "game" and his fiancee's belief that she is at odds with his intense love of boxing, you could substitute other activities a young man is drawn to: football, baseball, chemistry, horses, etc. with the same type of complex challenge. However, in this case he is involved with a sport that is potentially deadly.
I could kind of see the inevitable ending, but hoped London would take another route in which the boy would have to make a conscious choice between his game and his love. But, London being London this story was true to his style as exhibited in other works. Of course, this is a very quick read, flawlessly written and would appeal to a very wide range of readers.
The Boxer and the Sales Girl
I am always looking for short stories. At first when I saw this was Jack London, I thought it would be all he manly stuff. While much of it is, it is also the love story of two people who didn't know they were looking for love. The story is written in an older style which makes it acceptable for anyone to read. This story is about Joe courting Genevieve and Genevieve trying to understand his passion for boxing.
Joe is a boxer, one of the best who uses his winnings to support his family. Genevieve is an orphan who works in a candy shop. When they meet it is Kismet. While astonishing the neighbors at such a strange match, they plan a future together. To reach that future Joe has to lay everything on the line and fight Ponta. This fight is fairly graphic in detail.
The story is filled with passion not only between Joe and Genevieve, but also the passion for boxing that Joe has.
I highly recommend anyone to read this book.
Great Short Story
This was an outstanding short story. It is about two young people who fall in love with one another. They are both ordinary, but the young man is a prize fighter and would do anything for his woman. The story is so short, if I said anymore, it would ruin it. It's fairly slow at first, but the pace of the story increases with every page.
Aha, Got me!
Aha, Got me! Didn't see that ending coming. Jack London has an amazing insight into the nitty gritty of life that most of us never experienced.
The story sucks you in to thinking that you know what is going to happen. But it doesn't. He paints a picture of characters that makes you begin to take sides in a story and keeps you reading. And then he reminds you that life is what it is, not always what you wanted it to be.
Weird Ending
I thought it was so-so. The ending was pretty abrupt and left me wondering 'what the heck' - but not in a good way. There are lots of better books out there to pass the time.