A superb work of adventure and imagination,The Call fo the Wild tells the sompelling story of Buck,part St Benard and part Scotch shepherd dog.　　Betrayde and sole to Northern traders,Buck is forced to pull a sledge through the frozen Yukon.He and the other dogs on the team are brutalized and beaten until they are almost dead,but Buck is saved from cruelty by John Thornton,in whose care he learns to be loved.　　This is a title in an inexpensive range of classics in the Penguin Popular Classics series

The Call of the Wild中文譯名為《野性的呼喚》，又名《荒野的呼喚》，是美國作家傑克·倫敦（John Griffith London）創作的中篇小說。

作品講述一條名叫巴克的狗從文明人類社會到最後迴歸自然和狼群一起的故事。巴克原是米勒法官家的一隻愛犬，經過了文明的教化，一直生活在美國南部加州一個溫暖的山谷裡。後被賣到美國北部寒冷偏遠、盛產黃金的阿拉斯加，成了一隻拉雪橇的狗。該作以一隻狗的經歷表現文明世界的狗在主人的逼迫下回到野蠻，寫的是狗，也反映人的世界。