Name: The Sea-Wolf
SKU: 58162381
Price: 742.00 TWD
Availability: InStock
Author: London, Jack
ISBN: 9789356561113

Type

Physical Book

Author

Jack London

Publisher

Double 9 Booksllp

Language

English

Pages

282

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.9x15.2x1.6 cm

Weight

0.42 kg.

ISBN13

9789356561113

Synopsis "The Sea-Wolf"

Jack London's novel 'The Sea-Wolf', originally printed in 1904. It is the realistic story of a gentleman scholar Humphrey van Weyden, who is saved by a seal-hunting schooner after a ferryboat accident in San Francisco Bay. This story tells about a man whose struggles with good and evil result in his demoralisation, disintegration, and death. Book reveals how raw nature can cause a human being to lose their grip on reality. The Sea-Wolf explores issues relating to class, strength, and will power. The book's central character, 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 a moral sea captain who saves him.

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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