Divided into three sections, 'The north' includes the best of the early stories 21 tales of men and women struggling against a brutal environment, and two novels, 'Call of the wild' and 'White fang' 'The man' contains two unabridged books 'Martin Eden' and 'John Barleycorn' revealing the man himself as self-educated socialist, political analyst, adventurer, family man and artist 'The sea' concludes this collection, with 15 tales of energy and passion, including the novel 'The sea wolf'