Jack London was one of the first writers to earn a living in part from his writings in commercial fiction magazines. London became a socialist and his writings reflect this change in his political views. The Little Lady of the Big House is the story of a love triangle. Dick Forrest is a poetic rancher, his sexually aware wife Paula. takes a lover. London is quoted as saying; "It is all sex from start to finish - in which no sexual adventure is actually achieved or comes within a million miles of being achieved, and in which, nevertheless, is all the guts of sex, coupled with strength."



