A tough Klondike miner strikes it rich, conquers finance, and is redeemed by love of the land. London's novel of money and simplicity.
Books mentioned in Burning Daylight (5)
Fra Lippo Lippi by Robert Browning: “Beyond "Fra Lippo Lippi" and "Caliban and Setebos," he found nothing in Browning, while George Meredith was ever his despair.”
Caliban upon Setebos by Robert Browning: “Beyond "Fra Lippo Lippi" and "Caliban and Setebos," he found nothing in Browning”
Tomlinson by Rudyard Kipling: “…have been often seen, sitting slack in the saddle and dropping down the mountain trails through the sun-flecked woods, chanting aloud Kipling's "Tomlinson," or, when sharpening his ax, singing into the whirling grindstone Henley's "Song of the Sword."”
The Song of the Sword by William Ernest Henley: “…through the sun-flecked woods, chanting aloud Kipling's "Tomlinson," or, when sharpening his ax, singing into the whirling grindstone Henley's "Song of the Sword."”
The Wheels of Chance by H. G. Wells: “Another time it was a book of Wells', The Wheels of Change. "What's it all about?" Daylight asked.”