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1910 novel by Jack London
Burning Daylight is a novel by
Jack London , published in 1910, one of the best-selling books of that year
[1] and London's best-selling book in his lifetime.
[2] The novel has been adapted for film.
Plot
The first part of the novel
[3] takes place in the Yukon Territory in 1893 and in
Alaska .
[4] The second part of the novel takes place in
San Francisco and the
San Francisco Bay Area .
[4] "Burning Daylight", the main character, is partially based upon the life of Oakland entrepreneur
"Borax" Smith ,
[5] but named for Elam Harnish (1866-1941).
[6]
Distribution
In 1910, the
New York Herald published the novel serially, later that year,
Macmillan published the novel as a book.
[7]
[8]
[9]
[10]
Etymology
Shakespeare uses "burning daylight" in
Romeo and Juliet and
The Merry Wives of Windsor .
[7]
American film adaptations
Canadian film adaptation
The film, set in
New York City , shot entirely in and around
Toronto ,
[13] starring
Robert Knepper ,
[14] was produced
[15]
[16] and directed by Kazakhstani-Canadian
[17]
Sanzhar Sultanov . This version, based on two short stories and the novel,
[18] concentrated on the second half of the book, " in Civilization". The film had a Jack London Foundation benefit preview screening on August 9, 2010 at the Sebastiani Theater in
Jack London 's late-life hometown of Sonoma, California.
[19]
[20]
USSR (Russia) film adaptation
Reception
Some critics see Burning Daylight not a novel but a series of short stories.
[21]
References
^
Kingman, Russ (1979). A Pictorial Life of Jack London . Crown Publishers.
ISBN
978-0-517-53163-1 .
^ Ladd, Kristin Yoshiko (1 August 2013).
"Jack London: Landscape, Love, and Place" . All Graduate Theses and Dissertations . Utah State University.
doi :
10.26076/e38d-1a45 . Retrieved 3 January 2023 .
^
"Burning Daylight" . WorldCat.org . Retrieved 3 January 2023 .
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a
b
"Burning Daylight" .
Jack London State Historic Park . Retrieved 3 January 2023 .
^
Hildebrand, George Herbert (1982). Borax Pioneer: Francis Marion Smith . San Diego: Howell-North Books. p. 1.
ISBN
978-0-8310-7148-6 .
^ Carey, Michael (July 20, 2021).
"When fiction borrows from real life: the Alaskan behind London's 'Burning Daylight' " .
Anchorage Daily News . Retrieved 3 January 2023 .
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a
b
"Join the discussion on London's 'Burning Daylight' " .
Santa Rosa Press Democrat . 12 August 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2023 .
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"Jack London Papers" .
oac.cdlib.org . Retrieved 3 January 2023 .
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"Jack London Newsletter Index" . Jack London Online . Sonoma State University. 19 February 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2023 .
^ Williams, Tony (1999).
"Complicity and Resistance in Jack London's Novels: From Naturalism to Nature by Christopher Gair" . Western American Literature . 33 (4): 433–434.
doi :
10.1353/wal.1999.0003 .
S2CID
166020078 . Retrieved 3 January 2023 .
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"Burning Daylight: The Adventures of "Burning Daylight" in Alaska" . Catalog . AFI. Retrieved 3 January 2023 .
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"Burning Daylight: The Adventures of "Burning Daylight" in Civilization" . Catalog . AFI. Retrieved 3 January 2023 .
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"Rick Cordeiro, Actor, Hamilton / Toronto, Canada" . mandy.com . Retrieved 3 January 2023 .
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"Exclusive Interview: CULT star Robert Knepper on the CW series and R.I.P.D. – Part 2" . Assignment X . 23 March 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2023 .
^ Vlessing, Etan.
"Fight Network investor Loudon Owen gets into the movie game" . Playbackonline.ca . Retrieved 3 January 2023 .
^ Vlessing, Etan (20 February 2013).
"Canadian Microsoft Slayer Loudon Owen Launches Movie Shingle (Exclusive)" . The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 3 January 2023 .
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"Kazakh director Sanzhar Sultanov produces Canadian film" . Tengrinews.kz . 16 May 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2023 .
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"Burning Daylight (2010)" . AllMovie . Retrieved 3 January 2023 .
^ Robinson, Bruce (2010-08-09).
"Burning Daylight" . Northern California Public Media . Retrieved 3 January 2023 .
^ Jack London Foundation (August 9, 2010).
"Exciting Upcoming Event! Pre-Release Screening of New Full-Length Feature Film . . . Jack London Stories!" .
Eventbrite . Retrieved 2011-10-15 .
^ Mambrol, Nasrullah (3 January 2019).
"Analysis of Jack London's Novels" . literariness.org . Retrieved 3 January 2023 .
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