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The sea-wolf

Although a brutal man, there was a magical attraction about Wolf Larsen. The captain of The Ghost had an animal magnetism that hypnotized even as it repelled.

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  • "Sea-wolf"
  • "Sea-wolf"@en
  • "Sea Wolf"

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  • "Although a brutal man, there was a magical attraction about Wolf Larsen. The captain of The Ghost had an animal magnetism that hypnotized even as it repelled."@en
  • "After being shipwrecked, Humphrey Van Weyden is forced to become a sailor aboard a seal-hunting vessel in exchange for his rescue."@en
  • "Humphrey van Weyden led a privileged existence during his early life, but suddenly finds himself cast into the sea, fighting for survival. Pitted against ruthless captain Wolf Larsen, van Weyden's courage and determination allows him to fight adversity and learn valuable lessons along the way, in this American classic originally published in 1904. One of the great tales of the sea, The Sea-wolf is in the tradition of Moby Dick, though London provided his own unique atmosphere and accurate maritime detail."@en
  • "A story about a violent encounter between safe, genteel comfort and a brutal set of circumstances."@en
  • "When his ship sinks in San Francisco Harbor, Humphrey Van Wyden is forced to serve as cook's scullion for Wolf Larson, who is heading for the Bering Sea."
  • "A thrilling epic of a sea voyage and a complex novel of ideas ... The vivid story of a gentleman scholar's rescue and subsequent ordeal at the hands of a hunting schooner's brutal captain and devious crew."@en
  • ""The danger lay in the heavy fog which blanketed the bay, and of which, as a landsman, I had little apprehension." This is the first line that the listener hears in this tale of a man uprooted and thrust into the unfamiliar and dangerous world of the sealing sailor. Humphrey Van Weyden, a San Francisco sophisticate and an intellectual finds himself the captive voyager aboard the Ghost, captained by the brutal and barbaric Wolf Larsen. The desperate character of Van Weyden's voyage is defined by the fact that he is out of his element, in unimaginable peril, and the slave of this cynical and wild soul, Larsen. The rights of man vanish as the coast of California vanishes over the horizon. Almost immediately, the slave plots his freedom - and must confront the weakness in his soul, mind and body. Generations have been spellbound by this harrowing story of danger on the sea, psychological confrontation, and the dual nature of humankind."@en
  • "A clash of two opposing views of morality is brought to life in the ruthless Wolf Larsen, a strong believer in the survival of the fittest, and Humphrey VanWeyden, a civilized man who is shocked by the cruelty of Larsen's nature. The struggle begins when VanWeyden is rescued from a shipwreck by Larsen and is forced into a life of slavery aboard a the ship Ghost."
  • ""Humphrey van Weydon is captured by a seal-hunting ship and becomes an unwilling sailor under its dreaded captain, Wolf Larsen. The legendary Sea Wolf is a violent brute of a man, and yet be exerts a magical attraction over his crew of treacherous outcasts."--Container."@en
  • "A clash of two opposing views of morality is brought to life in the ruthless Wolf Larsen, a strong believer in the survival of the fittest, and Humphrey VanWeyden, a civilized man who is shocked by the cruelty of Larsen's nature. The struggle begins when VanWeyden is rescued from a shipwreck by Larsen and is forced into a life of slavery aboard a the ship Ghost."@en
  • "A deranged and abusive sea captain perpetrates a shipboard atmosphere of increasing violence that ultimately boils over into mutiny in this 1904 maritime classic."
  • "A deranged and abusive sea captain perpetrates a shipboard atmosphere of increasing violence that ultimately boils over into mutiny in this 1904 maritime classic."@en
  • "An epic of action-filled excitement. Rescued from drowning, a pampered gentlleman awakes in a special kind of hell. He's aboard the Ghost, a sealing schooner outbound for months of hunting. Wolf Larson, the devilish captain, a feindish crew, the cruel sea, and unlikely love make this tale immortal."@en
  • "This gripping saga of the sea demonstrates Jack London's gift for expressing complex ideas with compelling action. A clash of two opposing views of morality is brought to life in the ruthless Wolf Larsen, a strong believer in the survival of the fittest, and Humphrey Van Weyden, a civilized man who is shocked by the cruelty of Larsen's nature."@en
  • "At the center of this exciting sea adventure, lies the battle between Humphrey Van Weyden and Wolf Larsen - the battle to determine who is the fittest to survive ; a battle for life, love and one man's soul."@en
  • "At the center of this exciting sea adventure, lies the battle between Humphrey Van Weyden and Wolf Larsen - the battle to determine who is the fittest to survive ; a battle for life, love and one man's soul."
  • "Story of a man rescued when his ship sinks in San Francisco Harbor, only to find himself forced to work in inhuman conditions as a cook's helper."
  • "When Humphrey Van Weyden finds himself struggling in the freezing waters of San Francisco Bay, he thinks the worst that can happen to him is drowning. After he is rescued by the Ghost and its captain, Wolf Larson, Humphrey discovers that there are fates far worse than death. On Larsen's hell-ship, the dilettante hero is forced to slave as cabin boy and humble seaman. Over the seven months' voyage to the sealing grounds off Siberia, he engages in an epic duel with his ruthlessly Nietzschean skipper, a conflict that must end with the death of one of them.In Humphrey's story Jack London recalls his own adventures on a sealing vessel at the age of seventeen. And in the vivid dialogs between Larsen and Van Weyden he gives the clearest definition of his savage philosophy of life."@en
  • "Jack London worshiped strong and virtuous heroes and his stories give great weight to the inevitable triumph of good over evil. His telling of the adventures of Humphrey van Weydon in The sea wolf is in keeping with this theme of moral man. His powerful and gripping saga of van Weydon's capture by a seal-hunting ship and the ensuing tangles with its dreaded captain, Wolf Larsen, makes this a classic American tale of peril and victory. The men who sailed with Wolf were treacherous outcasts. Humphrey van Weydon was captain Wolf's unwilling sailor. And the captain himself was the legendary Sea Wolf--a violent brute of a man."@en
  • "Jack London worshiped strong and virtuous heroes and his stories give great weight to the inevitable triumph of good over evil. His telling of the adventures of Humphrey van Weydon in The sea wolf is in keeping with this theme of moral man. His powerful and gripping saga of van Weydon's capture by a seal-hunting ship and the ensuing tangles with its dreaded captain, Wolf Larsen, makes this a classic American tale of peril and victory. The men who sailed with Wolf were treacherous outcasts. Humphrey van Weydon was captain Wolf's unwilling sailor. And the captain himself was the legendary Sea Wolf--a violent brute of a man."
  • "The Sea Wolf tells the story of intellectual Humphrey van Weyden, a soft, domesticated man forced to become tough and self-reliant by exposure to cruelty and brutality. The ferry Humphrey is on board collides with another and sinks and he is picked up by Wolf Larsen's seal-hunting schooner. Larsen forces Humphrey to become a cabin boy, do menial work, and learn to fight, gradually changing from self-described wimp to self-sufficient individual."
  • "Wolf Larsen, skipper of the Ghost, is a powerful example of man versus nature."
  • "Humphrey becomes an unwilling sailor on a seal hunting expedition in this classic story of good against evil."@en
  • "Unabridged."@en
  • "In real life, Jack London was first a sailor and then a writer. In THE SEA WOLF, London's early life as a sailor allowed him to tell this sotry with such gusto, fervor, and authenticity that he creates a reality of all his own within his specialized world of violent action and masculine interest. A literary classic, THE SEA WOLF is an adventure of life and death aboard the Ghost, a turn-of-the-century sailing vessel plying the Bering Sea for seals and captained by a brute of a man names Wolf Larsen."@en
  • "When Wolf Larsen, ruthless captain of the schooner "Ghost", picks up a shipwreck survivor, the shanghied survivor foments a rebellion amongst the crewmen."@en

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  • "Adventure fiction"
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  • "Sea stories"
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