2006年适逢美国著名作家杰克·伦敦诞辰130周年,亦即他去世90周年。伦敦评论专家瑞斯曼认为伦敦是“美国文学代表人物之一”。在其短短四十年的生命历程中,伦敦创作了小说、戏剧和其他作品共49卷,其中短篇小说数量颇丰。伦敦早年生活艰辛,历经磨难,从事过各种艰苦的行当,但是这 2006 coincided with the 130th anniversary of the birth of the famous American writer Jack London, which is the 90th anniversary of his death. Reeseman, a London commentator, thinks London is “one of the most representative figures in American literature.” In its short span of forty years of life, London has created 49 volumes of novels, plays and other works, of which there are quite a lot of short stories. London had a hard life in the early years, after suffering, engaged in a variety of hard work, but this