The Sea Wolf
The Sea Wolf is Jack London’s powerful and gripping saga of Humphrey Van Weyden, captured by a seal-hunting ship and now an unwilling sailor under its dreaded captain, Wolf Larsen. The men who sailed with Larsen were treacherous outcasts, but the captain himself was the legendary Sea Wolf–a...
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The Sea Wolf is Jack London’s powerful and gripping saga of Humphrey Van Weyden, captured by a seal-hunting ship and now an unwilling sailor under its dreaded captain, Wolf Larsen. The men who sailed with Larsen were treacherous outcasts, but the captain himself was the legendary Sea Wolf–a violent brute of a man.Jack London was a worshipper of the strong and virtuous hero, and a firm believer in the inevitable triumph of good. The master storyteller nowhere demonstrates this theme more vividly than in this classic American tale of peril and adventure, good and evil.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780553212259 (0553212257)
Publish date: April 1st 1984
Publisher: Bantam Classics
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
Wolf Larsen was a right old bastard, but I liked the old devil.
bookshelves: fraudio, winter20092010, published-1904, seven-seas, bullies, noir, play-dramatisation, philosophy, serial-killer, classic, adventure Recommended for: BBC listeners Read from February 15 to 19, 2010 ** spoiler alert ** Shipwrecked literary critic Humphrey Van Weyden is rescued by d...
Shipwrecked literary critic Humphrey Van Weyden is rescued by demonic skipper and seal hunter Wolf Larsen. Stars Jack Klaff.Like many authors who wish to convert their particular breed of philosophical questioning into a novel, it ultimately becomes quite absurd. I love it! Of course it's not as abs...
What woman would fall in love with milquetoast Humphrey Van Weyden, I ask you?
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