![]() ![]() You can listen online to free English audiobook “John Barleycorn” by Jack London on our website. London describes the effects of alcohol along both optimistic and pessimistic lines, insisting at some points that it helped him in his developmental process towards becoming a man as he understood the idea and a writer and at other points that it limited in developing him in a healthy way. This book is about the social facilitation of alcohol but is also a cautionary tale about the addictive powers of alcohol and its deleterious effects on health. Key stages are his late teen years when he earned money as a sailor and later in life when he was a wealthy, successful writer. London discusses various life experiences he has had with alcohol, and at widely different stages in his life. The novel's themes include masculinity and male friendship. Long neglected by London partisans and used against him by critics who would see him as a self-confessed drunk, John Barleycorn deserves to be celebrated for what it is: a classic of American autobiography. First published serially in the Saturday Evening Post, MarchMay 1913 reprinted from John Barleycorn: Alcoholic Memoirs (New York: Century, 1913). In John Barleycorn, he records his early hardships in Oakland, his experiences as an oyster pirate, deep-sea sealer, hobo, Yukon goldminer, student, drop-out, and - ultimately - best-selling author. London's life was tragically short but packed with episode and adventure. ![]() ![]() ![]() Jack London was an American novelist and short-story writer whose best-known works depict elemental struggles for survival. ![]()
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