FREEThe Jacket (The Star-Rover)
"The Jacket (The Star-Rover)" by Jack London is a novel published in 1915. The story follows Darrell Standing, a university professor imprisoned at San Quentin, who endures torture through a compression device called "the jacket." To survive, he enters trance states where he walks among the stars and experiences vivid past lives across different ages and cultures. London based the novel on interviews with a former convict who actually endured this torture device. The work blends science fiction with mysticism and reincarnation themes. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Automated conservative edition review 2026-10-20T06:21:58.628Z (historical-original-en-v2), Philippines scope. English historical author London, Jack, died 1916; original-language author allowlist, matching sole EPUB/catalog creator, no credited contributors, no extra artwork, no flagged editorial/translation/copyright cues in isolated text. US public-domain source label and retained Gutenberg license; EPUB CRC passed. This is rule-based screening, not a worldwide rights opinion or a claim of manual review. Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1162; Philippine term reference https://www.ipophil.gov.ph/copyright/. EPUB SHA256 ac15ecc97c26cd312ffaaa120ea2e1cb5968ca7a4573122bc6ac3630c96ab331; RDF SHA256 5095d525ac0509f76eb181c17a283f70a2bf1d7688f1e9c5748eea8de7130b26. Author identity/date reference checked 2026-09-28: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/910.
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