The Valley of the Moon (novel)

The Valley of the Moon (novel)

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author = Jack London
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country = United States
language = English
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release_date = 1913
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"The Valley of the Moon" (1913) is a novel by American writer Jack London (as well as the mythic and romantic name for the wine-growing Sonoma Valley of California). The valley where it is set, is located north of the San Francisco Bay Area in Sonoma County, California, where Jack London was a resident; he built his ranch in Glen Ellen.

Plot Summary

The novel "Valley of the Moon" is a story of a working-class couple, Billy and Saxon Roberts, struggling laborers in Oakland at the Turn-of-the-Century, who left the city life behind and searched Central and Northern California for a suitable farmland to own. The book is notable for the scenes in which the proletarian hero enjoys fellowship with the artists' colony in Carmel, and he settles in the "Valley of the Moon".

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*gutenberg|no=1449|name=The Valley of the Moon


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