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Hailed by critics as one of the greatest sea stories ever written, this rousing adventure offers a fascinating combination of gritty realism and sublime lyricism in its portrayal of an elemental conflict. Jack London began his career at sea, and his shipboard experiences imbue The Sea-Wolf with flavorful authenticity.
In the story, the gentleman narrator, Humphrey Van Weyden, is pitted against an amoral sea captain, Wolf Larsen, in a clash of idealism with materialism. The novel begins when Van Weyden is swept overboard into San Francisco Bay, and plucked from the sea by Larsen's seal-hunting vessel, the Ghost. Pressed into service as a cabin boy by the ruthless captain, Van Weyden becomes an unwilling participant in a brutal shipboard drama. Larsen's increasingly violent abuse of the crew fuels a mounting tension that ultimately boils into mutiny, shipwreck, and a desperate confrontation.
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- Title The Sea-Wolf
- Author Jack London
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: first
- Pages 256
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Dover Publications, Mineola, New York, U.S.A.
- Date 1999-12-23
- ISBN 9780486411088 / 0486411087
- Weight 0.44 lbs (0.20 kg)
- Dimensions 8.2 x 5.32 x 0.62 in (20.83 x 13.51 x 1.57 cm)
- Ages 11 to UP years
- Grade levels 6 - UP
- Reading level 1020
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- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 99045090
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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