Project Gutenberg 2010-02-27 Public domain in the USA. 261 London, Jack 1876 1916 Chaney, John Griffith Walling, Anna Strunsky 1879 1964 Strunsky, Anna The Kempton-Wace Letters Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kempton-Wace_Letters Produced by Curtis Weyant, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Kempton-Wace Letters" by Jack London and Anna Strunsky Walling is an epistolary novel written in the early 20th century. This work weighs the contrasting philosophies of love and marriage through a series of letters exchanged between two characters—Dane Kempton and Herbert Wace. The correspondence explores deeper themes of romantic idealism versus practical realism, with Kempton embodying a more emotional, poetic approach while Wace leans towards intellectual and economic considerations in relationships. The opening of the story presents a rich dialogue between Kempton and Wace, as they discuss Wace's recent engagement and the nature of love itself. Kempton expresses a heartfelt yearning for deeper emotional connections, emphasizing the joy of love beyond pragmatic arrangements, while Wace maintains a more analytical perspective, viewing marriage as a societal contract necessary for the perpetuation of the species. This introduction sets the stage for an exploration of the complexities of love, identity, and the interplay between emotional and rational perspectives in human relationships, inviting readers to reflect on their own beliefs surrounding these themes. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 80.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Epistolary fiction PS Text Category: Romance Category: Novels Category: American Literature 315711 2025-10-13T04:19:36.395988 text/html 320472 2010-02-27T09:38:04 text/html 210560 2025-10-13T04:19:43.823952 application/epub+zip 211647 2025-10-13T04:19:39.386977 application/epub+zip 193667 2025-10-13T04:19:38.178949 application/epub+zip 387823 2025-10-13T04:19:47.246939 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 350193 2025-10-13T04:19:42.980952 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 308206 2022-09-14T11:49:29.931634 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 284654 2025-10-13T04:19:35.823940 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 284585 2010-02-27T09:38:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 284582 2010-02-27T09:38:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21165 2025-10-13T04:19:47.381918 application/rdf+xml 13179 2025-10-13T04:19:38.675946 image/jpeg 3519 2025-10-13T04:19:38.424979 image/jpeg 110136 2010-02-27T09:38:04 application/octet-stream application/zip 116539 2010-02-27T09:38:04 application/octet-stream application/zip 110095 2010-02-27T09:38:04 application/octet-stream application/zip 197627 2025-10-13T04:19:36.421957 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia