The Game Synopsis
The Game by Jack London was published in 1905. Is about a sail-maker, Joe Fleming, who picks up boxing to support his mother and sisters.
See also: White Fang, Call of the Wild, John Barleycorn, and Sea-wolf by Jack London
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Joe Fleming is a sail-maker who supports his mother and sisters. To make extra money he gets into the world of prize fighting.
But when he gets married to Genevieve, she talks him into giving up the world of boxing. He agrees but only after one last fight on the eve of his wedding.
The story is written from the perspective of his wife.
London was at one point a sports writer for the Oakland Herald, and this story is one that comes from his observations at the time.