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Hearts of Three

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I read this book three times when I was young. It is the best adventure story I ever read. The beginning is boring a little, but further things happen so fast, so different, graphically, unlimited and smart. The plot isn't linear and unpredictable. There are love, pursuers, treasure hunting and intrigues.

So many mistakes, typos and lost symbols - it is very awful edition for reading.

This book was London's personal favorite. Inexplicably it never found a following in his own country, while abroad it has always been one of his most famous works. Finally there is an affordable edition of this fantastic, gripping adventure story.

Why is this book so difficult to find? Why hasn't it been re-printed? Who knows...

This book was extremely difficult to find for some time. I had a Russian translation of it.

The fact is that translations of this relatively unknown work by J. London, actually a novelization of a movie script by Charles Goddard, are in wide circulation, especially in Russia, where it has been one of a group of favourite books.

I myself have read it a several times, bot as a child, and as an adult. In that latter occasion I was reading more critically and it is my opinion that it has nothing less than "King Solomon's Mines" or other similar books, widely read by many... Romance, exotic location, colorful portraying of characters, magnificent villains, burning sun and glowing treasure, lovely señoritas, twists - all that in a shape of a gripping narrative in one of the best books by London I have ever read. Scholars specializing on the author's work may state that it is a lot different then other more popular of his works, but I don't think anyone could say that it's not top of its genre. You will enjoy it immensely!

EDITED: it was finally reprinted in 2003 by Kessinger Publishing Co

It seems that Amazon lumps all reviews for the same title into the same basket, regardless of the publisher. The negative reviews all refer to publication other than the Gloria Mundi one, advertised on this page. If you want a quality product please make sure you get the Gloria Mundi edition. Indeed the book is wonderful.

I read this book when I was little. Since then, I have neither been able to forget it nor to find it. The book is especially ideal for teenagers/older children. Why is it out of print?

Extremely hard to find in the US. Why did they stop printing it is anybody's guess.

Friendship, Love, Adventure - this book has it ALL!