I don't believe anybody has mentioned Jack London yet. No decent book collection can be without Jack London's short stories about the Arctic. Especially Call of the Wild, the short story To Build A Fire, and The White Silence. If you are really feeling adventurous, try his Prohibition propaganda novel John Barleycorn and his Dickens-inspired People Of The Abyss, based on his observations of poor people in London at the turn of the 20th century.
BTW, all those links take you to the actual text of the works. Yes, they are absolutely free for the taking as the copyrights have expired. The Dickens works are available online for free as well but I don't have them bookmarked. I have a bunch of these "e-texts" downloaded on my laptop so that when I am traveling or otherwise bored, I just fire up my laptop and fill my brain with great literature. If I like what I read enough, I eventually will buy the book and add it to my permanent library (which is getting quite extensive).
My favorite film version is the mid-80s George C. Scott production. Very faithful to the Dickens story. The only Scott role I enjoy more is Patton.