The Sea Wolf

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Paperback, 252 pages

English language

Published June 1, 2005 by Alan Rodgers Books.

ISBN:
978-1-59818-431-0
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OCLC Number:
62790995

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Jack London's novel The Sea Wolf became an instant bestseller on its release in 1904. Ambrose Bierce wrote "The great thing - and it is among the greatest of things - is that tremendous creation, Wolf Larsen...the hewing out and setting up of such a figure is black for a man to do in one lifetime." The Sea Wolf tells the story of intellectual Humphrey van Weyden's toughening and growth in the face of brutality and hardship. Set adrift after his ferry collides in fog and sinks, van Weyden is pulled out of the sea by Wolf Larsen.

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This was not the nautical adventure I was expecting. Much more philosophy than sailing. It pits a tyrannical sea captain with materialist views against an idealist scholar, convinced of man's finer nature.

Subjects

  • Classic fiction
  • Literature: Classics
  • Fiction
  • Literature - Classics / Criticism
  • Classics
  • Sea Stories
  • Fiction / Classics
  • Sea & Ocean