Love the stories but the narrator is wrong.

Jack London, like Whitman, Longfellow, Alcott, and Twain is a quintessentially American Author. To have a British Narrator just doesn’t go with the story. Mr. Kelly’s voice is quite pleasant but just not suited for tales such as these.

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loved. my moma read me many years ago. can read

wonderful listen loved it my mother read this to me many years ago. absolutely loved

Wonderful Jack London story combo with odd English

When I first started listening to this, I couldn't figure out the narrator's accent. It's English and ruined this book for me!
London, on the other hand, wrote wonderful novels from an animal's point of view - truly believable! A tame dog that goes wild in The Call of the Wild, and a wolf that goes tame in White Fang.

only book I read 3 times in my life!

Loved it, great narrator, a dog lover MUST. From the dog's/wolf's view of the world around him.

Great Deal on Two Classics

What a great deal for two well known classic books! If you like wild life survival and adventure stories then these two are perfect for you. There is plenty of struggle, drama and The to The tone is really geared towards middle school readers and up. The narrator did a job and was enjoyable to listen to.

—I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

Great Narration of a Great Classic

I was given this free review copy audio-book at my request and have voluntarily left this review. This review is for the audio copy of The Call of the Wild & White Fang - Jack London Combo by Jack London and narrated by J. D. Kelly. I read these stories in junior high and loved them way back then. It was cool to listen to them being told by a great narrator. He did an excellent job telling the stories such that I could see the characters in my mind. I highly recommend this version.

Back to Back Classics

Listening to these two classics back to back was an experience in itself. Call of the Wild is set during the Klondike Gold Rush and tells the story of Buck, a dog who is stolen from his family and shipped off to be a sled dog. This harsh environment shapes him, allowing him to embrace his wild side. In White Fang, a wolf takes the opposite journey. At first starting out as feral, he finds an owner who can domesticate him.

Both of these stories has some real hard to listen to scenes, but it was all for the sake of the story. The plot was real and sound. Even though the main characters were dogs, the author had a way of writing to keep you hooked in. Easy to see why these are classics.

Narration was okay.

This book was given to me for free at my request and I provided this voluntary review.

Jack London Classics, 2-for-1

First, the narrator. J. D. Kelly has an easy voice to get into, and I had no trouble keeping this book playing a 100% strait. There were no pronunciation issues that I noted in the books, all was as it should be, and a couple of beautifully crafted stories to boot.

The stories are the same as you might have loved reading in your own childhood. Now, you can share them with your own family, in all of their glory and love of the animal, read in a well tailored voice. Man's best friend becoming something more primal, something deeper than just a follower of man.

I requested a free review copy of this audiobook, with expectation of my honest review. Thank you for allowing me to listen to and review the book!

Not Just Books for Children !

I read all of the Jack London books as a teenager. In my mind, they were in the same category as Jules Vern and Mark Twain. However, as a happily retired adult, I just “read” them again, and was amazed at the clarity and enjoyment they presented. No wonder these stories have survived a hundred years! The reading by J. D. Kelly was also superb.

Amazing everything but the voice

The mans voice is fine but it gets grating after 3 hours or so, but the stories are definitely worth a listen