Project Gutenberg 1997-11-01 Public domain in the USA. 257 London, Jack 1876 1916 Chaney, John Griffith Moon-Face, and Other Stories Moon-face -- The leopard man's story -- Local color -- Amateur night -- The minions of Midas -- The shadow and the flash -- All Gold Canyon -- Planchette. Espen Ore, Steve Henshaw, Andrew Sly, and David Widger Revised by Richard Tonsing. "Moon-Face, and Other Stories" by Jack London is a collection of short stories likely written during the early 20th century. The first story, "Moon-Face," delves into themes of jealousy and the dark urges of the human psyche, centering on a character named John Claverhouse, who is described as a jovial man with an annoying, infectious laugh that drives the narrator into a rage and eventually leads him to contemplate murder. The opening of the book introduces us to the narrator’s intense dislike for John Claverhouse, whose very existence seems to irk him. The narrator reveals a series of petty, spiteful actions meant to disrupt Claverhouse's happiness, culminating in darkly constructed plans to eliminate him. The story captures the narrator's internal turmoil as he becomes increasingly obsessed with Claverhouse’s optimism and laughter, which he finds intolerable. This introduction hints at a suspenseful narrative filled with psychological conflict, setting the tone for a gripping exploration of human emotions and moral ambiguity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Short stories United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 345195 345075 2024-09-01T08:26:46.418452 2023-10-01T07:48:40.582082 text/html text/html 349434 2022-02-09T00:36:12 text/html 339126 2024-09-01T08:26:50.593491 application/epub+zip 340884 2024-09-01T08:26:47.055517 application/epub+zip 201351 2024-09-01T08:26:46.718444 application/epub+zip 427337 2024-09-01T08:26:53.613404 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 408239 2024-09-01T08:26:50.330476 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 269142 2022-09-01T09:33:54.425901 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 298334 298260 2024-09-01T08:26:45.896486 2023-10-01T07:48:40.125120 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 298310 2022-02-09T01:20:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18615 2024-09-01T08:26:53.752410 application/rdf+xml 10048 2024-09-01T08:26:46.857459 image/jpeg 2075 2024-09-01T08:26:46.785440 image/jpeg 115577 2022-02-09T01:20:01 application/octet-stream application/zip 295666 2022-02-09T00:36:58 application/octet-stream application/zip 305511 2024-09-01T08:26:46.450489 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia