The Sea-Wolf and Selected Stories · 100th Anniversary Edition

The Sea-Wolf and Selected Stories · 100th Anniversary Edition
Authors
London, Jack
Publisher
Signet Classics
Tags
classics
ISBN
9781101498286
Date
1964-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
Size
0.38 MB
Lang
en
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This 100th Anniversary Edition presents the timeless tale of Humphrey Van Weyden. The Sea Wolf begins when Van Weyden is swept overboard into San Francisco Bay, and plucked from the sea by Larsen's seal-hunting vessel, the Ghost. This ship's evil captain, Wolf Larsen - The Sea-Wolf - is a murderous tyrant who uses his superhuman strength to torture and destroy, his brilliant mind to invent sick games, and his relentless will to control his mutinous crew. 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.

This volume also includes four of London's acclaimed short stories.