The Sea Wolf - (Illustrated)
Author | : Jack London |
Publisher | : Osmora Incorporated |
Total Pages | : 512 |
Release | : 2014-09-29 |
ISBN-10 | : 9782765904465 |
ISBN-13 | : 2765904464 |
Rating | : 4/5 (464 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Sea Wolf - (Illustrated) written by Jack London and published by Osmora Incorporated. This book was released on 2014-09-29 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sea-Wolf is a 1904 psychological adventure novel by American novelist Jack London about a literary critic, survivor of an ocean collision, 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. Ambrose Bierce wrote, "The great thing—and it is among the greatest of things—is that tremendous creation, Wolf Larsen... the hewing out and setting up of such a figure is enough for a man to do in one lifetime... The love element, with its absurd suppressions, and impossible proprieties, is awful."