Jack London Collection: Iron Hoof

Author: (USA) Jack London
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: Seven hundred years later, in the fourth century of the "Great Unity" (which begins when the people of the world finally achieve victory), a future archaeologist discovers the "Evelyn Manuscript"—which is this book. The author of the manuscript is Evelyn Everhard, the noble wife of the leader of the Socialist Party of America, Anarchist Everhard. It narrates the history of the struggle between the working class and the oligarch class over the twenty years from 1912 to 1932 from the perspective of a woman who rises from a wealthy to a revolutionary path. It portrays the glorious image of Anarchist Everhard, a revolutionary leader born into the working class: refined, cruel, horrifying yet thrilling. Through the form of a fantasy novel, the author predicts the inevitable development of the oligarchic regime of the American oligarch class (which he calls "Iron Hooves") towards fascist rule, highlighting the truth of what is called "American-style democracy," which still holds significant implications today. The Iron Heel is one of the greatest fantasy novels in the history of world literature and is one of Jack London's outstanding achievements.