Few writers have had such an extensive output of work as Jack London. During his 15-year career, he wrote 49 books, including novels, short-story collections, plays and political pamphlets – a number equalling more than three books a year. Jack London, or John Griffith London, which was his original name, led a turbulent and dramatic life, and much of his writing was inspired by his own life experiences from the 1890s gold rush in Alaska to the sordid slums of East-End London. Thematically, his stories evolve around man’s encounter with the harsh elements of untamed nature. When Alice Told Her Soul was first published in August 1916. Alice had spent her youth so wildly and intensely that she is the best-informed person in Hawaii about the doings and above all the ill-doings of just about every notable citizen on the islands. So when at fifty she joins the Pentecostal crusade of a visiting revivalist and decides that it is her moral duty to cleanse her soul by denouncing in a public prayer meeting the wrongs and acts of moral turpitude that are burdening her newly religious soul, there is grave consternation in high places. Magistrates, business magnates, notables of all persuasions and also friends and relatives start showering her with gifts in the hope that she would omit them from her forthcoming public penitence. But all the gory details come out anyway, and they are very interesting indeed. Enjoy free online English audiobook “When Alice Told Her Soul”, breathtaking shorts story by Jack London.
