London's candid memoir of a life shadowed by drink, both confession and temperance argument. His 'alcoholic memoirs.'
Books mentioned in John Barleycorn (7)
Sartor Resartus by Thomas Carlyle: “They knew all about "Snow Bound" and "Sartor Resartus"; but the American editors of 1899 did not want such truck.”
Snow-Bound by John Greenleaf Whittier: “They knew all about "Snow Bound" and "Sartor Resartus"; but the American editors of 1899 did not want such truck.”
The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle by Tobias Smollett: “I remember, in the catalogue, being impressed by the title, "The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle."”
The City of Dreadful Night by James Thomson: “He destroys birth and death, and dissipates to mist the paradox of being, until his victim cries out, as in "The City of Dreadful Night": "Our life's a cheat, our death a black abyss."”
Martin Eden by Jack London: “Critics have complained about the swift education one of my characters, Martin Eden, achieved.”
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens: “Unlike Oliver Twist, I was incapable of asking for more.”
Tales of the Alhambra by Washington Irving: “and the fourth, Irving's "Alhambra." This last had been lent me by a school-teacher.”