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The Iron Heel by Jack London

The Iron Heel

Jack London

Start Publishing LLC · Print & ebook · February 20, 2013

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Who it’s for
Read through a fictional manuscript, with a later scholar’s footnotes shaping the experience.
Genres
Dystopian, Political Fiction, The Classics
Published
Start Publishing LLC, February 20, 2013

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About this book

The novel is based on the fictional "Everhard Manuscript" written by Avis Everhard which she hid and which was subsequently found centuries later. In addition, this novel has an introduction and series of (often lengthy) footnotes written from the perspective of scholar Anthony Meredith.

Manuscript And Margins

Read through a fictional manuscript, with a later scholar’s footnotes shaping the experience.

Come here for

  • A novel framed as a hidden manuscript, found centuries later
  • A scholarly voice in the footnotes, with room to linger

Expect

  • Avis Everhard’s manuscript as the novel’s frame
  • Often-lengthy footnotes from scholar Anthony Meredith

Where it sits

Dystopian93%
Political Fiction87%
The Classics45%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Historical Fiction
  • Romance
  • Dystopian
Authors
Jack London
Publisher
Start Publishing LLC
Published
February 20, 2013
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Historical Fiction