The Abysmal Brute - Jack London - Book 12

The Abysmal Brute - Jack London - Book 12

Title: The Abysmal Brute

Overview: The Abysmal Brute is a novel by American writer Jack London, published in book form in 1913. It is a short novel and could be regarded as a novelette. It first appeared in September 1911 in Popular Magazine. In the story, a man who was brought up in a log cabin, and who is a newcomer to society, finds success as a boxer and recognizes corrupt practices in professional boxing. Young Pat Glendon is twenty-two years old, weighs two-hundred and twenty pounds, has never drunk alcohol nor tasted tobacco and knows little of city life. He’s all muscle, moves with cat-like grace and possesses great stamina and strength acquired from living natural in the wilds of northern California with his father. Young Pat is a natural at prize-fighting. In addition to his brawn he has speed and a natural instinct for the sport. His father, a former heavyweight prize-fighter himself, has trained Young Pat and believes it is time for the boy to take on the heavyweight world. But being in poor health, the elder Glendon enlists Sam Stubener of San Francisco to be the boy’s manager with instructions to protect the boy from the rottenness of the sport. Jack London’s The Abysmal Brute is about naivete and natural athleticism against the brutishness and corruption of professional boxing, intertwined with a touching romance and was twice made into movies: The Abysmal Brute (1923) and Conflict (1936), the latter starring John Wayne as Young Pat Glendon.

Published: 1905

Series: Novels #15

Author: Jack London

Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction, Sports Fiction, Sporting & Boxing Novel

Episode: The Abysmal Brute - Jack London - Book 12

Part: 1 of 1

Length Part: 2:43:29

Book: 12

Length Book: 2:43:29

Episodes: 1 - 5 of 5

Narrator: Warren Kati

Language: English

Rated: Guidance Suggested

Edition: Unabridged Audiobook

Keywords: determination, persistence, battle, morality play, perception, discovery, travels, adventure, family, jacklondon

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