THE UNEXPECTED by JACK LONDON

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales

Jon Hagadorn

Fiction, Arts

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🗓️ 18 July 2021

⏱️ 49 minutes

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A woman hunting the Klondike for gold with her husband meets 'the unexpected' when tragedy suddenly occurs within their group and tests her ability to cope with life threatening circumstances. We are asking for your support! ! www.patreon.com/1001storiesnetwork. Thank you. Join for one dollar a month and get THE BEST OF 1001, mostly ad free! Join at 2.99/month and up and get PRIME CUTS- visit us at http://.patreon.com/1001storiesnetwork and check us out! YOUR REVIEWS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS AT APPLE/ITUNES AND ALL ANDROID HOSTS ARE NEEDED AND APPRECIATED! LINKS BELOW.. APPLE USERS Catch 1001 RADIO DAYS now at Apple iTunes! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-radio-days/id1405045413?mt=2 Catch 1001 Heroes on any Apple Device here (Free): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-heroes-legends-histories-mysteries-podcast/id956154836?mt=2 Catch 1001 CLASSIC SHORT STORIES at iTunes/apple Podcast App Now: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-classic-short-stories-tales/id1078098622 Catch 1001 Stories for the Road at iTunes/Apple Podcast now: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-stories-for-the-road/id1227478901 ANDROID USERS- 1001 Radio Days right here at Player.fm FREE: https://player.fm/series/1001-radio-days 1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales:https://castbox.fm/channel/1001-Classic-Short-Stories-%26-Tales-id1323543?country=us 1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries: https://castbox.fm/channel/1001-Heroes%2C-Legends%2C-Histories-%26-Mysteries-Podcast-id1323418?country=us 1001 Stories for the Road:https://castbox.fm/channel/1001-Stories-For-The-Road-id1324757?country=us Catch ALL of our shows at one place by going to www.1001storiesnetwork.com- our home website with Megaphone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Oh, Welcome back everyone to 1001 Classic Short stories and tales. Today's story, The Unexpected, from Jack London.
0:38.4	This comes from his book, Love of Life, and other stories.
0:42.1	Translated from the 1913 Macmillan Company Edition by David Price.
0:48.3	It is a simple matter to see the obvious, to do the unexpected. The tendency of the individual life is to be static rather
0:55.6	than dynamic and this tendency is made into propulsion by civilization where the obvious only is
1:01.5	seen and the unexpected rarely happens.
1:05.0	When the unexpected does happen, however,
1:08.0	and when it is of sufficiently grave import,
1:10.0	the unfit perish. They do not see what is not obvious, are unable to do the
1:16.2	unexpected, are incapable of adjusting their well-groved lives to other and
1:20.6	strange grooves. In short, when they come to the end of their own groove, they die.
1:27.0	On the other hand, there are those that make towards survival the fit individuals who escape from the rule of the obvious and the expected and
1:34.6	adjust their lives to no matter what strange grooves they may stray into or
1:39.2	into which they may be forced. Such an individual was Edith Wittlesie. She was born in a rural
1:46.2	district of England where life proceeds by rule of thumb and the unexpected is so very
1:51.0	unexpected that when it happens it is looked upon as an immorality.
1:56.4	She went into service early and while yet a young woman, by rule of thumb progression, she
2:01.5	became a lady's maid.
2:04.6	The effect of civilization is to impose human law upon environment until it becomes machine-like
2:09.3	in its regularity.
2:11.5	The objectionable is eliminated.
2:14.0	The inevitable is foreseen.
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