To Build a Fire

By: Jack London

Narrated by: Peter Husmann

"He travels fastest who travels alone...but not after the frost has dropped below zero 50 degrees or more." (Yukon Code)

Jack London’s best short story.

Public Domain (P)2013 Trout Lake Media

Well....

Short. I expected that. About a dog and a man expected that. No spoilers here...But the dog was smarter than the man! LOL Ya, I should have expected that! Good narrator.

A Simple Lesson Worth Fifty Cents

The rational, egotistic mind of man contrasted with the instinctive mind of dog: a short lesson worth remembering.

The narration ought to have been in a more minor key, so to speak--it was a little too upbeat for the theme of this title. But hey, it's Jack London--find some pocket change and enjoy an evening's read.

Mi primer cuento de London

Me gustó el manejo de los símbolos: del fuego, el conocimiento, la vida y el instinto.

Bad story

It is depressing and sooooo confusing!! But the reader did well.........I wish the author had a less depressing story line

It truly makes you feel the cold.

I loved this author's take on the freezing cold and it's effects on the body and mind. The narrator did quite a fine job of translating some of the emotion of the man when he became confused as to what the weather did to his body.