The Sea-Wolf

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

by Jack London

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Originally published by Macmillan Publishers

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 1904321 pages

810

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

Classification

Dewey (DDC): 810813.52823.91
Library of Congress (LCC): PS3523.O46 S4 1960PS3523.O46S5 2000bPZ0003.L846 Se23HD9114.P84 S477 1998

Subjects

AllegoriesAmerican Adventure storiesAmerican Sea storiesAmerican fiction (fictional works by one author)Arctic Regions in fictionArctic regions -- FictionArctic regions, fictionCuentos de mar estadounidensesFictionFiction, action & adventureFiction, generalFiction, sea stories

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ISBN 0451515528English

DATE DUE

First published1904

Film adaptation1913

Film adaptation1920

Film adaptation1926

Film adaptation1930

Film adaptation1941

Film adaptation1990

TV adaptation1993

TV adaptation2009