De Ongelikte Beer

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De Ongelikte Beer

by Jack London

NL·~3 hours·14 chapters

Chapters

14 total
1

De Ongelikte Beer - Door Jack London Geautoriseerde vertaling van Anna van Gogh-Kaulbach - A.W. Bruna & Zoon Uitgevers Mij. Utrecht

0:08
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I.

7:52
3

II.

21:07
4

III.

7:47
5

IV.

9:21
6

V.

13:56
7

VI.

33:17
8

VII.

9:57
9

VIII.

12:20
10

IX.

7:27

Description

Sam Stubener, a seasoned manager of prizefighters, wades through a flood of odd letters—threats, offers, even a razor made from a stripped skin—when one envelope from a forgotten post office in Siskiyou catches his eye. The missive claims to know a boxer who never saw the spotlight, a 22‑year‑old named Pat Glendon, who can deliver a punch twice as hard as any veteran’s. Intrigued and wary, Sam must decide whether this phantom champion is a hoax or the key to a new era in the ring.

The story pulls listeners into the gritty world of early twentieth‑century boxing, where promoters scramble for fame and fighters live by the swing of a glove. As Sam delves deeper, he confronts the legend of the “unfortunate boxer” whose name haunts every record book despite never having held a title. The mystery of Pat Glendon’s rise, the promise of a fortune, and the moral gamble of exploiting a talent that might be more myth than man keep the tension alive.

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Language

nl

Duration

~3 hours (206K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net/

Release date

2008-05-03

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Jack London

Jack London

1876–1916

Adventure, hardship, and restless curiosity run through these stories from one of America’s most widely read early twentieth-century writers. Best known for The Call of the Wild and White Fang, he turned a short, intense life into fiction that still feels vivid and direct.

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