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A good idea, he thought, to sleep off to death. It was like taking an anaesthetic… — Jack London

Short story

A good idea, he thought, to sleep off to death. It was like taking an anaesthetic. Freezing was not so bad as people thought. There were lots worse ways to die... Then the man drowsed off into what seemed to him the most comfortable and satisfying sleep he had ever known.

Jack London
1902
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Moment of deathFacing deathDeath
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Short story
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1902
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Jack London
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London, Jack. "To Build a Fire." The Call of the Wild and Selected Stories. Signet, 2009.
Original citation
London, Jack. "To Build a Fire." The Youth's Companion, 29 May 1902.

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