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"Burning Daylight"는 Jack London이 쓰고 1910년에 출판한 소설이다. 이 소설은 "Burning Daylight"라고도 알려진 성공적인 알래스카 금 탐사자이자 사업가인 Elam Harnish의 이야기다.
"Burning Daylight"는 부, 야망, 성공 추구, 그리고 큰 부를 축적한 사람들이 직면한 도덕적, 윤리적 딜레마를 주제를 다룬다. 런던은 인간 본성의 복잡성과 탐욕과 권력의 결과를 전한다.
이 소설은 또한 알래스카 광야의 가혹한 삶의 현실과 클론다이크 골드러시 기간 동안 금 광부들이 직면한 도전을 묘사하고 있다. 그것은 풍경의 거친 아름다움과 그러한 극한 조건에서 생활하는 육체적, 정서적 피해를 이야기 한다.


"Burning Daylight" is a novel written by Jack London and published in 1910. The novel is the story of Elam Harnish, a successful Alaskan gold prospector and businessman also known as "Burning Daylight."
"Burning Daylight" deals with themes of wealth, ambition, the pursuit of success, and the moral and ethical dilemmas faced by those who have amassed great fortunes. London conveys the complexity of human nature and the consequences of greed and power.
The novel also depicts the harsh realities of life in the Alaskan wilderness and the challenges gold miners faced during the Klondike Gold Rush. It speaks of the rugged beauty of the landscape and the physical and emotional toll of living in such extreme conditions.

요약
이 소설은 무일푼 모험가로 시작하여 샌프란시스코에서 부유하고 영향력 있는 인물로 성장하기까지 버닝 데이라이트의 여정을 다루고 있다. Daylight는 카리스마, 지성, 기민함의 독특한 조합을 가지고 있어 그를 알래스카 금광에서 성공한다.

Daylight는 재산을 축적하면서 부동산 및 주식 시장 투기를 포함한 다양한 사업 벤처에 참여하게 된다. 그러나 그는 금융계의 부패하고 무자비한 세력과 갈등을 겪으며 갈등과 개인적인 어려움을 겪게 되는데…

Summary
The novel follows Burning Daylight's journey from beginning as a penniless adventurer to becoming a wealthy and influential man in San Francisco. Daylight has a unique combination of charisma, intelligence, and agility that makes him successful in the Alaskan gold mines.

As Daylight accumulates his fortune, he becomes involved in various business ventures including real estate and stock market speculation. However, he encounters conflicts and personal difficulties as he comes into conflict with the corrupt and ruthless forces of the financial world...

CONTENTS
PART I

CHAPTER I. It was a quiet night in the Shovel.
CHAPTER II. It was two in the morning when the dancers,
CHAPTER III. It was Daylight's night.
CHAPTER IV. On the river, where was a packed trail and where snowshoes were unnecessary,
CHAPTER V. At Sixty Mile they restocked provisions,
CHAPTER VI. A crowd filled the Tivoli?the old crowd
CHAPTER VII. This time the trail was easier.
CHAPTER VIII. No time was lost. Hines and Finn,
CHAPTER IX. Ten days later, Harper and Joe Ladue arrived at Sixty Mile,
CHAPTER X. Still men were without faith in the strike.
CHAPTER XI. The hero of the Yukon in the younger days before the Carmack strike,
CHAPTER XII. Despite his many sources of revenue,
CHAPTER XIII. Six thousand spent the winter of 1897 in Dawson,

PART II

CHAPTER I. In no blaze of glory did Burning Daylight descend upon San Francisco.
CHAPTER II. It was not long afterward that Daylight came on to New York.
CHAPTER III. Back at his hotel, though nearly two in the morning,
CHAPTER IV. Nathaniel Letton was talking when the door opened;
CHAPTER V. Back in San Francisco, Daylight quickly added to his reputation
CHAPTER VI. Into Daylight's life came Dede Mason.
CHAPTER VII. t being favored by chance in getting acquainted with Dede Mason
CHAPTER VIII. Daylight's coming to civilization had not improved him.
CHAPTER IX. Instead of returning to the city on Monday,
CHAPTER X. The time passed, and Daylight played on at the game.
CHAPTER XI. One Sunday, late in the afternoon, found Daylight
CHAPTER XII. Throughout the week Daylight found himself almost as much interested in Bob as in Dede
CHAPTER XIII. Another Sunday man and horse and dog roved the Piedmont hills.
CHAPTER XIV. "Of course, there's no way of telling what anybody wants from what they say.”
CHAPTER XV. Life at the office went on much the way it had always gone.
CHAPTER XVI. All week every one in the office knew that something new and big was afoot in Daylight's mind.
CHAPTER XVII. For months Daylight was buried in work.
CHAPTER XVIII. Daylight had been wholly truthful when he told Dede that he had no real friends.
CHAPTER XIX. Once again, on a rainy Sunday, weeks afterward, Daylight proposed to Dede.
CHAPTER XX. When the ferry system began to run,
CHAPTER XXI. Though Daylight appeared among his fellows hearty voiced,
CHAPTER XXII. Daylight awoke with the familiar parched mouth and lips and throat,
CHAPTER XXIII. "But I know something of the fight you have been making,”
CHAPTER XXIV. Three days later, Daylight rode to Berkeley in his red car.
CHAPTER XXV. Many persons, themselves city-bred and city-reared,
CHAPTER XXVI. Daylight had made no assertion of total abstinence
CHAPTER XXVII. But there came the day, one year, in early April