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| Title | : | The Sea Wolf |
| Author | : | Jack London |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 425 pages |
| Published | : | June 1st 2005 by Alan Rodgers Books (first published 1904) |
| Categories | : | Classics. Fiction. Adventure. Literature |
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Paperback | Pages: 425 pages Rating: 4.04 | 23876 Users | 1299 Reviews
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The Sea-Wolf is a 1904 psychological adventure novel by Jack London about a literary critic Humphrey van Weyden.The story starts with him aboard a San Francisco ferry, called Martinez, which collides with another ship in the fog and sinks. He is set adrift in the Bay, eventually being picked up by Wolf Larsen.Larsen is the captain of a seal-hunting schooner, the Ghost. Brutal and cynical, yet also highly intelligent and intellectual, he rules over his ship and terrorizes the crew with the aid of his exceptionally great physical strength.
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| Original Title: | The Sea Wolf |
| ISBN: | 1598184318 (ISBN13: 9781598184310) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Humphrey van Weyden, Wolf Larsen |
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Ratings: 4.04 From 23876 Users | 1299 ReviewsComment On Of Books The Sea Wolf
This is another of my book club (The Irregulars) picks, and one I'd put in the win column. Our discussion of the book pointed out that the men generally liked the first part better and the women liked the second part better. Me, I liked both. I enjoyed the philosophical discussions in the first half, and the sheer audacity of Wolf Larson. But I also enjoyed the second half with the introduction of the Maud character. Call me a sappy romantic, but that "please, please" thing just strummed myMillionaire Humphrey van Weyden a bookish gentleman, (who reads anymore) was coming back from visiting a close friend in the East Bay shore. Crossing the waters to San Francisco , again, his ferry boat collides in the thick fog with a steamer. Quickly sinking her, the dilettante can't swim good thing he has a life preserver on... going overboard amid piercing cries in the gloom, drifting in the chilly waters out through the Golden Gate (before the bridge was built). The tides and winds sweeping
London was an amazing writer and his work still holds up to todays standards. The Sea Wolf is more than an adventure novel. Its themes of morality and the philosophy of its tyrant captain give the reader a lot to contemplate.
Anyone who needs a good shot of testosterone but thinks the movie 300 was a little to homo-erotic should read the Sea Wolf. This book makes Hemmingway run off like a little girly man. The main character is a woosy book-worm literary critic who gets press-ganged into a sealing crew led by the cruel and rutheless Wolf Larsson. Larsson is one of the greatest villians I've had the pleasure to read--he's intelligent and brutal, but at times you even sympathize with him.By the way, I especially
This terrific tale of the sea is character driven. Also, a study of human nature. Life, death, courage, hope for survival, immortality and love. A really good, but under-rated read.
I've read quite a few of London's books although it was years ago for most. I've reread a few, but somehow never got to this one. I'm glad I remedied that. Wolf Larsen & Hump are certainly two of the most vivid & interesting characters I've had the pleasure to encounter. The story was all the more intriguing because it explores the meaning & purpose of life through a rousing adventure. London based much of it on a sailing voyage he took to Japan which explains the reality of the
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