"...he knew himself on the moment of awakening, instantly identifying himself in time and place and personality."

One of the last books published in his lifetime (1876-1916), Jack London's The Little Lady of the Big House was a shocker, says Wikipedia:

"London said of this novel: 'It is all sex from start to finish — in which no sexual adventure is actually achieved or comes within a million miles of being achieved, and in which, nevertheless, is all the guts of sex, coupled with strength.' One reviewer disparaged the novel's 'erotomania.' 

"Clarice Stasz comments: 

"Little Lady upset readers in London's day for its gushing sexual imagery... [and] its close portrayal of the tempting pull of adultery. Modern critics, on the other hand, deride its Victorian coyness and sentimentality, its unrealistic characters. Both were correct—it was too sexy for readers in 1915, when it appeared, and not sexy enough for readers beyond the sexually free twenties."

Published by Macmillan in 1916, this tale of a love triangle on a California ranch is claimed, by some London scholars, to be semi-autobiographical.

Details:

Jack London, The Little Lady of the Big House (Macmillan, 1916), hardcover, no dustjacket 392 pp, with four pages of ads for other London works after the conclusion. Very good condition. Your price: US $40.