The Sea Wolf: (Classic Edition)

ISBN-10
ISBN-13: 9798589117813
Pages: 180
Language: English
Published: 2021
Author: Jack London

Description

The Sea-Wolf, one of Jack London's best-known novels, is based in large part on his 1893 voyage aboard the Sophia Sutherland (or Sophie). Like the Ghost of the novel, the Sophie sailed to the far northern Pacific to hunt fur seals. London came away with the raw material for a novel. A decade later, the experience bore fruit in one of the most important works of the American seagoing tradition. The sea-wolf of the novel's title is Wolf Larsen, captain of a sealing schooner that rescues literary critic Humphrey Van Weyden after a collision in San Francisco Bay. Rather than return him to shore, however, Larsen forces Van Weyden into the role of cabin boy. As the Ghost crosses the North Pacific, Van Weyden must earn his sea legs and master such mundane tasks as washing pots and peeling potatoes. He must also learn to protect himself, as Larsen's unpredictable episodes of savage cruelty have infected the entire crew.