The Sea Wolf
In The Sea-Wolf, London's most gripping novel, Humphrey Van Weyden is rescued from the freezing waters of San Francisco Bay by a demonic sea captain and introduced to fates far worse that death. Through this story London recalls his own adventures on a sealing vessel at the age of seventeen. John...
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In The Sea-Wolf, London's most gripping novel, Humphrey Van Weyden is rescued from the freezing waters of San Francisco Bay by a demonic sea captain and introduced to fates far worse that death. Through this story London recalls his own adventures on a sealing vessel at the age of seventeen. John Sutherland's notes include a history of pelagic seal hunting and an account of the many cinematic versions of this novel.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780192838254 (0192838253)
Publish date: March 8th 2001
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pages no: 375
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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