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Jerry of the Islands
Jack London · 1917 · Adventure
The Solomon Islands, 1917. Jerry, an Irish terrier bred to hate blacks and love white masters, is swept from ship to shore through massacre, captivity and wild jungle — a dog's odyssey through the brutal and beautiful South Seas.
Inside this edition
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This edition
- Title
- Jerry of the Islands
- Author
- Jack London (1876–1916)
- First published
- 1917
- Illustrated plates
- 60 original artworks · 19 open to everyone
- Chapters
- 25 · about 70,139 words
- Reading time
- 4 h 41 min
- Language
- EN
- Formats
- Read online · EPUB and PDF download with a subscription
- Publisher
- LitLab — The Illustrated Classics
- On LitLab since
- July 2026
- Rights
- Text in the public domain. Illustrations and edition © LitLab.
- Source text
- Project Gutenberg #1161
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