When God Laughs - Literary Classics Author:Jack London Jack London produced this collection of twelve short stories toward the end of his career in 1911. Named after the first story - about a couple that tries in vain to uphold an intensely idealistic romance against the erosions of time and the inconstancy of human nature - the collection explores themes for which London became famous: the struggle... more » for survival in the midst of hostile environments, human nature's most elemental drives, and worker abuse in industrialised society.« less