Name: The Sea Wolf
SKU: 61665718
Price: 785.00 TWD
Availability: InStock
Author: Mybook ; London, Jack
ISBN: 9781546495062

Type

Physical Book

Author

Jack London

Illustrated by

Mybook

Publisher

Createspace

Language

English

Pages

296

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.9x15.2x1.6 cm

Weight

0.40 kg.

ISBN13

9781546495062

Synopsis "The Sea Wolf"

The Sea-Wolf is a 1904 psychological adventure novel by American novelist Jack London. The book's protagonist, Humphrey van Weyden, is a literary critic who is a survivor of an ocean collision and who comes under the dominance of Wolf Larsen, the powerful and amoral sea captain who rescues him. Its first printing of forty thousand copies was immediately sold out before publication on the strength of London's previous The Call of the Wild.

Jack London

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Jack London (1876-1916), pseudonym of John Griffith Chaney, is one of the great American writers of the early 20th century. His world is inspired by a very subjective interpretation of Nietzsche's philosophy and is built on the principle of survival of the fittest. Born in San Francisco, he was essentially a self-taught child who avidly read the collections of the public library. At seventeen, he embarked on his first schooner, heading to Japan. After several experiences as a sailor and vagabond -which also led to his imprisonment-, London attended Oakland High School and later, the University of California, which he had to leave due to financial problems. Like many, he suffered from gold fever until he finally turned to writing.

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