"He had no fire that night, nor hot water, and crawled under his blanket to sleep the broken hunger-sleep.  The snow turned into a cold rain.  He awakened many times to feel it falling on his upturned face.  Day came—a gray day and no sun.  It had ceased raining.  The keenness of his hunger had departed.  Sensibility, as far as concerned the yearning for food, had been exhausted.  There was a dull, heavy ache in his stomach, but it did not bother him so much…" 'Love of Life, and Other Stories' is a collection of short stories by Jack London, the renowned author of the classic novel "The Call of the Wild".