The Heathen

"The Heathen"
Short story by Jack London
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genre(s)Short story
Publication
Published inEverybody's Magazine
Publication typeMagazine
Publication date1910

"The Heathen" is a short story by the American writer Jack London. It was first published in Everybody's Magazine in August 1910,[1] and later included in collections of stories by London, South Sea Tales, published by Macmillan in 1911, and The Strength of the Strong, published by Macmillan in 1914.[2]

In the story, two people, from different cultural and racial backgrounds, are the only survivors of a ship that encounters a hurricane in the Pacific, and they remain together.

  1. ^ The Heathen title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database, accessed 15 November 2015.
  2. ^ The Strength of the Strong The World of Jack London, accessed 15 November 2015.

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