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The Kempton-Wace Letters

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Original author: Jack London

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"The Kempton-Wace Letters" by Jack London and Anna Strunsky Walling is an epistolary novel published in 1903. Written anonymously, the work presents a philosophical debate about love and sex through correspondence between two contrasting characters: a young scientist who views romance through a Darwinian lens, and an elderly poet who champions emotion and feeling. Their exchange explores whether love should be governed by rational analysis or passionate sentiment, reflecting tensions between scientific materialism and romantic idealism at the turn of the twentieth century.

The Kempton-Wace Letters, by Jack London. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #31422.

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40 Chapters

  1. 1.Front Matter410 words
  2. 2.Chapter I: From Dane Kempton to Herbert Wace507 words
  3. 3.Chapter II: From Herbert Wace to Dane Kempton1,290 words
  4. 4.Chapter III: From Dane Kempton to Herbert Wace917 words
  5. 5.Chapter IV: From Herbert Wace to Dane Kempton1,326 words
  6. 6.Chapter V: From Dane Kempton to Herbert Wace1,577 words
  7. 7.Chapter VI: From the Same to the Same770 words
  8. 8.Chapter VII: From Herbert Wace to Dane Kempton801 words
  9. 9.Chapter VIII: From the Same to the Same1,557 words
  10. 10.Chapter IX: From Dane Kempton to Herbert Wace871 words
  11. 11.Chapter X: From the Same to the Same1,540 words
  12. 12.Chapter XI: From Herbert Wace to Dane Kempton1,753 words
  13. 13.Chapter XII: From Dane Kempton to Herbert Wace1,499 words
  14. 14.Chapter XIII: From the Same to the Same1,316 words
  15. 15.Chapter XIV: From Herbert Wace to Dane Kempton1,340 words
  16. 16.Chapter XV: From Dane Kempton to Herbert Wace857 words
  17. 17.Chapter XVI: From the Same to the Same1,949 words
  18. 18.Chapter XVII: From Herbert Wace to Dane Kempton1,921 words
  19. 19.Chapter XVIII: From the Same to the Same643 words
  20. 20.Chapter XIX: From Dane Kempton to Herbert Wace1,835 words
  1. 21.Chapter XX: From Herbert Wace to Dane Kempton2,699 words
  2. 22.Chapter XXI: From the Same to the Same1,017 words
  3. 23.Chapter XXII: From Dane Kempton to Herbert Wace2,105 words
  4. 24.Chapter XXIII: From the Same to the Same673 words
  5. 25.Chapter XXIV: From Herbert Wace to Dane Kempton1,696 words
  6. 26.Chapter XXV: From the Same to the Same1,224 words
  7. 27.Chapter XXVI: From Dane Kempton to Herbert Wace2,389 words
  8. 28.Chapter XXVII: From the Same to the Same730 words
  9. 29.Chapter XXVIII: From Herbert Wace to Dane Kempton2,044 words
  10. 30.Chapter XXIX: From Dane Kempton to Herbert Wace1,461 words
  11. 31.Chapter XXX: From Herbert Wace to Dane Kempton552 words
  12. 32.Chapter XXXI: From Dane Kempton to Herbert Wace466 words
  13. 33.Chapter XXXII: From the Same to the Same459 words
  14. 34.Chapter XXXIII: From the Same to the Same350 words
  15. 35.Chapter XXXIV: From the Same to the Same495 words
  16. 36.Chapter XXXV: From the Same to the Same199 words
  17. 37.Chapter XXXVI: From Herbert Wace to Dane Kempton803 words
  18. 38.Chapter XXXVII: From Dane Kempton to Herbert Wace1,168 words
  19. 39.Chapter XXXVIII: From Hester Stebbins to Herbert Wace229 words
  20. 40.Chapter XXXIX: From Hester Stebbins to Dane Kempton918 words