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"Just Meat" is a collection of short stories by Jack London that explores themes of survival, human experience, and the primal instincts inherent within both man and nature. The stories reflect London's keen observations of life, often drawing on his own experiences in the Alaskan wilderness. Through vivid prose and compelling characters, the collection delves into the raw aspects of life, presenting both the struggles and triumphs of resilience and the instinctual drive for survival in the face of adversity. Each narrative encapsulates London's profound understanding of the human condition and the natural world.

								

with the other, and saw him lying motionless.

He tried to soliloquize, to be facetious, to have his last grim laugh at
life, but his lips made only incoherent sounds. The thought came to him
that the emetic had failed, and that nothing remained but the drug
store. He looked toward the door and drew himself to his feet. There he
saved himself from falling by clutching the chair. Another paroxysm had
begun. And in the midst of the paroxysm, with his body and all the parts
of it flying apart and writhing and twisting back again into knots, he
clung to the chair and shoved it before him across the floor. The last
shreds of his will were leaving him when he gained the door. He turned
the key and shot back one bolt. He fumbled for the second bolt, but
failed. Then he leaned his weight against the door and slid down gently
to the floor.


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