The iron heel by Jack London
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"The Iron Heel" by Jack London is a dystopian novel published in 1908. It depicts a future America where a rising socialist movement threatens conservative power, prompting the establishment of a brutal oligarchic dictatorship. Told through a manuscript discovered centuries later, the story follows Avis Everhard as she witnesses her husband Ernest's failed struggle against the tyrannical "Iron Heel." This pioneering work of dystopian fiction influenced George Orwell and offered a prophetic
warning about fascism's rise. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | London, Jack, 1876-1916 |
|---|---|
| Title | The iron heel |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Iron_Heel |
| Credits | Donald Lainson and David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 73.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Science fiction |
| Subject | Political fiction |
| Subject | Dystopias -- Fiction |
| Subject | Oligarchy -- Fiction |
| Subject | Socialism -- Fiction |
| Subject | Revolutionaries -- Fiction |
| Subject | Revolutions -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 1164 |
| Release Date | May 3, 2006 |
| Last Update | Apr 25, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 2031 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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