The Sea-Wolf

Name: The Sea-Wolf
Author: Jack London
ISBN: 0451515528

by Jack London

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A thrilling epic of a sea voyage and a complex novel of ideas, The Sea-Wolf is a standard-bearer of its genre. It is the vivid story of a gentleman scholar, Humphrey Van Weyden, who is rescued by a seal-hunting schooner after a ferryboat accident in San Francisco Bay. London uses Van Weyden's ordeal at the hands of a schooner's devious crew to explore powerful themes of ambition, courage, and the innate will to survive. The Sea-Wolf also introduces Jack London's most memorable, fully realized ch

First published 1904 Macmillan Publishers 321 pages

Category: Literature
Priority: Recommended
Author works: 10
Editions known: 283

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DDC 810 LCC PS-3523.00000000.O46 S4 1960 AllegoriesAmerican Adventure storiesAmerican Sea storiesAmerican fiction (fictional works by one author)Arctic Regions in fictionArctic regions -- FictionArctic regions, fictionCuentos de mar estadounidenses

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