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The Iron Heel (1907) is a novel by American writer Jack London. A groundbreaking work of dystopian science fiction, The Iron Heel was inspired by London's socialist views and belief in an eventual global upheaval. Although his predictions proved wrong for the... Read Full Overview

Set in the future, "The Iron Heel" describes a world in which the division between the classes has deepened, creating a powerful Oligarchy that retains control through terror. A manuscript by rebel Avis Everhard is recovered in an even more distant future, and analyzed by scholar... Read Full Overview

Part science fiction, part dystopian fantasy, part radical socialist tract, Jack London's The Iron Heel offers a grim depiction of warfare between the classes in America and around the globe. Originally published nearly a hundred years ago, it anticipated many features... Read Full Overview

The Iron Heel is a dystopian novel by American writer Jack London. Considered to be one of the earliest of the modern Dystopian novels it tells the story of the rise of an oligarchic tyranny in the United States.Any profits generated from the sale of this book will go towards... Read Full Overview

The Iron Heel by Jack London

2020 Reprint of the 1907 Edition. The Iron Heel is generally considered to be an early example of the modern dystopian fiction genre, The novel chronicles the rise of an oligarchic tyranny in the United States. Jack London's socialist views are explicitly on display in this... Read Full Overview

First published in 1907, "The Iron Heel" is Jack London's dystopian novel about the rise of an oligarchic tyranny in the United States. Displaying the socialist views that were held by London himself and that were prevalent at the beginning of the 20th century, "The Iron Heel"... Read Full Overview

The Iron Heel is a dystopian novel by American writer Jack London, first published in 1908.Generally considered to be "the earliest of the modern Dystopian", it chronicles the rise of an oligarchic tyranny in the United States. It is arguably the novel in which Jack London's... Read Full Overview

THE IRON HEEL By JACK LONDON - (Fine Print Edition)Publication date:1908

Complete and unabridged paperback edition

Without a doubt, London's finest and most interesting novel. It is set in a dystopian future America, which has evolved into a fascist tyranny, ruthlessly crushing dissent and opposition.As relevant today, perhaps more so, than when it was first written.

Nombre que le otorga el obrero revolucionario Ernest Everhard al gobierno que la Oligarqu a industrial construye en el siglo XX. En la historia a finales del siglo XIX, las grandes corporaciones industriales han ido creando monopolios en industrias estrat gicas (los correos,... Read Full Overview

Jack London's dystopian novel about the rise of oligarchic tyranny in the United States. Playing upon the socialistic themes that were so prevalent at the beginning of the 20th century, The Iron Heel tells the story of a wealthy class that squeezes out the middle class and effectively... Read Full Overview