London, J. Northern Stories (Severnye povesti), 1935. In Russian

Дж. Лондон Северные повести.
Перевод с английского: Н. Воложиной, Л. Кисловой и др.
Москва: Гослитиздат, 1935 г.
358 стр. Твердый переплет, уменьшенный формат (18х13 см).
Тираж: 50 000 экз.
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J. London
Northern Stories (Severnye povesti).
Translated from English by: N. Volozhina, L. Kislova, and others.
Moscow: Goslitizdat (State Publishing House for Fiction), 1935.
358 p. Hardcover, reduced format (18x13 cm).
One of 50,000 copies.

This 1935 Moscow collection presents a selection of Jack London's famous northern adventure stories, published by the premier Soviet state literary publisher, Goslitizdat. The substantial print run of 50,000 copies reflects London's immense and enduring popularity in the USSR, where his tales of survival, individualism, and the harsh struggle against nature resonated with official ideological narratives and public taste alike. Published in a compact, durable hardcover format, this volume was designed for mass accessibility and repeated reading. The collective work of translators, including N. Volozhina and L. Kislova, made these stories integral to the Soviet literary landscape of the 1930s. This edition exemplifies the sanctioned integration of a major American author into the fabric of Soviet popular culture during the era of high Stalinism.