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The Night-Born

Jack London

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .It is not usual to have horses in the bull-ring at Quito," said Luis Cervallos, looking up from the program. "In Spain they always have them. But to-day, by special permission we shall have them. When the next bull comes on there will be horses and picadors-you know, the men who carry lances and ride the horses."

"The bull is doomed from the first," said John Harned. "Are the horses then likewise doomed!"

"They are blindfolded so that they may not see the bull," said Luis Cervallos. "I have seen many horses killed. It is a brave sight."

"I have seen the bull slaughtered," said John Harned "I will now see the horse slaughtered, so that I may understand more fully the fine points of this noble sport."

"They are old horses," said Luis Cervallos, "that are not good for anything else."

"I see," said John Harned.

The third bull came on, and soon against it were both capadors and picadors. One picador took his s. . . Read More

Community Reviews

A better than adequate collection of short stories - the best ones seem to feature boxing, though To Kill a Man was a standout here. I've seen enough of London's writing to encourage me to go further.

Love the idea of nightborn.

I didn't finish this. A strange story about a man describing a lady he met who divorced her husband because she read a poem about night born people and she swears she's night born.

I very much enjoyed reading this collection of short stories. Jack London has a way of showing the reader what happens. I believe he is good at this because of the viewpoint he often takes from an animal's perspective. He did not write from an animal's perspective during these stories, but the dialo

A good collection. Not London's most imaginative work or his best writing, but still far more than adequate.

Old ranconteur style prose, vivid and captivating.

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