A literary critic is rescued by a sealing vessel whose captain has a reputation for cruelty. Tells of the struggle between the two men whose philosophies are completely opposite.
The Sea Wolf
Sea stories
El lobo de mar : novela
Shipwrecked during a weekend pleasure cruise, gentleman scholar Humphrey Van Weyden thinks his mysterious rescuers have saved his life. He's wrong. Van Weyden's trapped abroad the Ghost--a seal-hunting schooner crewed by the most desperate, brutal outcasts of the Pacific. Ghost's evil captain, Wolf Larsen--The Sea-Wolf--is 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. Each new day bring Van Weyden pain he'd never imagined. Escape is impossible. On deck flooded with the blood of the seal slaughter, he must battle a savage genius not just for his life--but for the last tattered shreds of his own soul. At the publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management software (DRM) applied.
After embarking on a pleasure cruise, bookish young Humphrey van Weyden finds himself shipwrecked amidst a terrible storm. When he is picked up by a passing vessel, he initially believes he has been rescued by kind saviours. But Humphrey soon finds out that he has in fact boarded the GHOST - a seal-hunting ship captained by the incisive philosopher, brutal despot, and utterly terrifying Wolf Larsen. As Humphrey falls in love with Maud, a beautiful poet and fellow shipwreck survivor, he must contend not only with the dangers of being at sea, but also with competition from his cruel and scheming captain ...
Allegories
Il lupo di mare : romanzo
The Sea Wolf eiskalt, berechnend und gnadenlos
The Sea-Wolf is the gripping tale of Humphrey Van Weyden who is ship-wrecked after embarking on what was meant to be a pleasure cruise. When he is picked up by a passing ship, he initially believes he has been rescued by kind saviours. But Humphrey soon finds out that he has in fact boarded the Ghost'a seal-hunting ship captained by the terrifying and twisted Wolf Larsen, known by his crew as the Sea-Wolf. A captivating tale of survival, Jack London's The Sea-Wolf has been adapted for the screen numerous times, most notably in the 1941 film which was nominated for the Academy Award for best visual effects that year. HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital form, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library.
Merisusi / 1
Love of life
L'un des très grands romans d'aventures maritimes de notre époque.
Ulf Larsen : Originalill
A classic tale of adventure at sea, The Sea-Wolf tells the story of the naïve young Humphrey van Weyden, whose ship is wrecked in a terrible storm. He is rescued by the mysterious Captain Wolf Larsen of the ship Ghost. Humphrey's new life aboard Ghost will test him to the limits of his endurance but also bring him the greatest happiness he has ever known. Captain Wolf Larsen is a powerful, brutal man with a razor sharp intelligence. When there is an attempted mutiny on board he shows no mercy to the would-be mutineers, and when his brother Death Larsen attempts to take over the Ghost by f.
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.
Relates the story of a wealthy young man who is rescued after a shipwreck by the brutal, ruthless captain of a tramp steamer.
Grade level 8.0; Points 19.
Varg-Larsen : roman
Morski vuk
Comic books, strips, etc
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.
GENERAL & LITERARY FICTION. Set adrift after a collision with another vessel, ferry passenger Humphrey van Weyden is picked up by the seal-hunting schooner the Ghost. His relief at being rescued slowly turns into concern once he meets her captain, the brutally terrifying Wolf Larsen. The crew of the Ghost live in terror of their fearsome commander, and van Weyden is not made any safer because Larsen is attracted to his new passenger's comparable intelligence. Van Weyden's time aboard the Ghost turns him from a gentle, domesticated man into an altogether tougher soul as he is caught between Larsen and his crew during the rescue of other castaways, an attempted mutiny, a cataclysmic storm and the appearance of Wolf's equally terrible brother, Death Larsen. Wolf Larsen is one of the greatest characters in early 20th century American fiction. Like Captain Ahab before him, he is a man who has spent too long at sea.
A battle for survival develops between Hymphry Van Weyden and Wolf Larsen on the Artic sea.
The sea-wolf : illustrated with scenes from the photoplay
Sea-wolf
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.
A deranged and abusive sea captain perpetrates a shipboard atmosphere of increasing violence that ultimately boils over into mutiny in this 1904 maritime classic.
Violent adventure in the wild Alaskan seas on board The Ghost with Captain Wolf Larsen.
Jack London's The Seawolf in graphic novel format, in German.
The seawolf
Sea wolf
"The adventures of Humphrey Van Weydon, a ship-wrecked literary critic, and his rescuer, Wolf Larsen, the ruthless captain of the Ghost. The two main characters are often said to represent the opposing sides of London's own personality in this highly regarded tale of the sea" --Provided by publisher.
A young art critic is forced to endure the wrath of Wolf Larsen, captain of the sealing schooner which rescues him after a shipwreck.
Wilk morski : [powieść]
Hai lang
The sea wolf
The sea-wolf : with illustrations by W.J. Aylward
Movie novels
Ulf Larsen : (Overs. fra engelsk efter The sea wolf)
Wilk Morski
La raison du plus fort : telle est la devise de Loup Larsen, capitaine de la goélette phoquière Le Fantôme. Recueilli à la suite d'un naufrage, Humphrey Van Weyden, un homme de lettres, va être contraint de vivre dans l'enfer de la goélette de ce personnage.
Juvenile works
Books for the visually impaired
Als Schiffbrüchiger gerät der gebildete van Weyden auf den Robbenfänger "Ghost" unter dem berüchtigten Kapitän Wolf Larsen, der den Literaten zum Küchenjungen macht, denn für ihn gilt allein das brutale Recht des Stärkeren. Und Wolf Larsen ist der Stärkere. Voller Abscheu und doch auch fasziniert erlebt van Weyden, wie sich bei diesem Mann tierhafte Kraft und Schönheit mit einer gänzlich skrupellosen und zynisch materialistischen Weltanschauung verbinden. Der Konflikt zwischen einem zynisch-brutalen Kapitän und einem Schiffbrüchigen. Die Figur des Übermenschen und sein Scheitern. Einer der erfolgreichsten Romane der Literaturgeschichte.
Powieść amerykańska
The Sea-Wolf
Lupo di mare
The sea-wolf illustrated with scenes from the photoplay
Life of a Norwegian sealing schooner and a grim picture of a sailor who is a combination of savage superman.
Set adrift after a collision with another vessel, ferry passenger Humphrey van Weyden is picked up by the seal-hunting schooner the Ghost . His relief at being rescued slowly turns into concern once he meets her captain, the brutally terrifying Wolf Larsen. The crew of the Ghost live in terror of their fearsome commander, and van Weyden is not made any safer because Larsen is attracted to his new passenger's comparable intelligence. Van Weyden's time aboard the Ghost turns him from a gentle, domesticated man into an altogether tougher soul as he is caught between Larsen and his crew during the.
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.
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 ship.
Sea story of a man rescued when his ship sinks in the San Francisco Harbor, only to find himself forced to work in inhuman conditions as a cook's helper.
Ulf Larsen
The sea-wolf = hai lang
A young art critic is forced to endure the wrath of Wolf Larsen, captain of the sealing schooner that rescues him after a shipwreck.
Photoplay editions
When fate lands Humphrey Van Weyden on board the Ghost, a sealing schooner bound for Japan, little does he know of the weeks of brutality which lie ahead. Captain Wolf Larsen is feared and despised by all on board, and only the chance arrival of Maud Brewster spurs Van Weyden into action in a desperate attempt to free them both from the terrifying power of the Sea-Wolf.
The sea-wolf
Wilk morski
Humphrey Van Weyden becomes an unwilling participant in a tense shipboard drama. A deranged and abusive sea captain perpetrates a shipboard atmosphere of increasing violence that ultimately boils into mutiny, shipwreck, and a desperate confrontation. This 1904 maritime classic depicts the clash of materialistic and idealistic cultures with a mixture of gritty realism and sublime lyricism.
Downloadable World Book ebooks
Jack London's thrilling narrative of the seven seas remains just as gripping today as it was 100 years agoA classic tale of adventure at sea, this is the story of the naïve young Humphrey van Weyden, whose ship is wrecked in a terrible storm. He is rescued by the mysterious Captain Wolf Larsen of the ship Ghost. Humphrey's new life aboard Ghost will test him to the limits of his endurance but also bring him the greatest happiness he has ever known. Captain Wolf Larsen is a powerful, brutal man with a razor sharp intelligence. When there is an attempted mutiny on.
Deniz kurdu
El Lobo De Mar El Mexicano
Il lupo dei mari = The sea-wolf : romanzo
O lobo do mar
The story of a sailing vessel that goes on a sealing voyage and has the threat of mutiny hanging over its head.
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.
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Ulf Larsen : (Overs. fra den amerikanske udg. af Sea wolf af Aslaug Mikkelsen)
Fiction
The Sea-Wolf is a novel written in 1904 by American author Jack London. An immediate bestseller, the first printing of forty thousand copies was sold out before publication. Of it, 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 black for a man to do in one lifetime." Like The Call of the Wild, Sea Wolf tells the story of a soft, domesticated protagonist, in this novel's case an intellectual man named Humphrey van Weyden, forced to become tough and self-reliant b.
A sea voyage vivid story of a gentleman scholar's rescue and subsequent ordeal at the hands of a hunting schooner's brutal captain and devious crew.
Juru vilkas. Is anglu kalbos verte Elena Kousaite
A young art critic is forced to endure the wrath of Wolf Larsen, captain of the sealing-schooner which rescues him after a shipwreck.
A powerful and gripping saga of Humphrey Van Weyden, captured by a seal-hunting ship and now an unwilling sailor under its dreaded captain, Wolf Larsen. The men who sailed with Larsen were treacherous outcasts, but the captain himself was the legendary Sea Wolf--a violent brute of a man.
Merisusi
Varg-Larsen : Berättelse
Sea Wolf
Sea-Wolf
Adventure fiction
Il lupo dei mari : romanzo = (The sea wolf)
Een schipbreukeling die rond de eeuwwisseling aan boord wordt genomen door een ruwe kapitein, bijgenaamd "De Zeewolf", leert zowel diens karakter als het harde zeemansleven kennen.
Powieść przygodowa amerykańska
Sea-wolf and Love of life
This novel is an early edition of Jack London's adventure novel about an ocean wreck survivor and his rescue by an amoral captain.
Der Seewolf. Die Schatzinsel / Robert L. Stevenson. [Aus dem Engl. von Otto Weith]
Life of a Norwegian sealing schooner and a grim picture of a sailor who is a combination of savage and superman.
El lobo de mar
The Sea-Wolf a sea tale of men against nature and each other
The sea-wolf is a psychological adventure novel about a literary critic, survivor of an ocean collision, named Humphrey and, his rescuer Wolf Larsen, the captain of a seal-hunting schooner, the Ghost. Brutal and cynical, yet also highly intelligent and intellectual, he rules over his ship and terrorizes the crew with the aid of his exceptionally great physical strength.
Merisusi : romaani
Classics. Humphrey Van Weydon is on his way to San Francisco when his ship crashes into another boat in the fog. Fate lands him on board a sealing schooner, The Ghost, bound for Japan, under the command of the hated Captain Wolf Larsen.
Erzählende Literatur: Hauptwerk vor 1945
Humphrey Van Weyden is thrown overboard while unsuccessfully investigating a smuggling ring. The ship' s formidable captain, Wolf Larsen puts Humphrey to a series of violent tests, but nothing can prepare Van Weyden for a final confrontation with Larsen himself.
De schrijver Van Weyden wordt na een schipbreuk opgepikt door een walvisvaarder. De kapitein blijkt een ongelikte beer die de schipbreukeling tot het uiterste weet te drijven.
The Sea wolf
"The monstrous sealing-ship captain Wolf Larsen, his animal-like brother Death Larsen, the aristocrat Van Weyden, [and] the poet Maude Brewster confront one another in a struggle for supremacy against a backdrop of physical hunting, [including] the hunting down and killing of seals with clubs and guns, the hunting down and pressing into service of boat crews, and even the hunting of men by seals."--Page 4 of cover.
Entertaining adventure story, with all sorts of ingredients: friendship, hate, love, companionship, struggle for survival and a touch philosophical about man, life, good and evil.
Pressed into service aboard the Ghost, Humphrey Van Weyden becomes an unwilling participant in a tense shipboard drama. The vessel's deranged and abusive captain, Wolf Larsen, perpetrates an atmosphere of increasing violence that ultimately boils into mutiny, shipwreck, and a desperate confrontation. This 1904 maritime classic depicts the clash of materialistic and idealistic cultures with a captivating combination of gritty realism and sublime lyricism.
Varg-Larsen
El lobo de mar ;El mexicano
The sea wolf = Hǎi láng
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Publishers' advertisements
After being rescued by the crew of the Ghost, Humphrey Van Weyd becomes an unwilling sailor under Wolf Larsen's command.
Electronic books
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A thrilling epic of a sea voyage and a complex novel of ideas. The Sea Wolf is a standard-bearer of its genre. 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. It remains one of Jack London's finest achievements.
Violent adventure in the wild Alaskan seas on board the "Ghost" with Captain Wolf Larsen.
When Humphrey Van Weyden finds himself sailing to Japan aboard the Ghost, he has to face weeks of brutality at the hands of Captain Wolf Larsen, until he decides to take desperate measures to save himself and the rest of the crew.
The Sea-wolf
Varg Larsen
An epic of action-filled excitement. Rescued from drowning, a pampered gentleman 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 fiendish crew, the cruel sea, and unlikely love make this tale immortal.
"As a frail young scholar, Humphrey Van Weyden knows nothing of physical labor. But when an accident at sea leaves him stranded on a seal-hunting ship controlled by the strong, brutal Wolf Larsen, Humphrey is suddenly forced into the backbreaking life of a sailor. For a time, he seems to be learning the ropes and making progress. But as Larsen becomes more and more violent with his crew, Humphrey realizes that he must escape from the clutches of this madman if he wants to stay alive. Can he gain the strength and knowledge he needs to master the wild ocean on his own before it's too late?"--P. [4] of cover.
El lobo de mar ; El mexicano
K stému výročí autorova narození vychází jeden z jeho stěžejních románů o nietzscheovském nadčlověku. Kapitán Larsen, který na svém škuneru brutalizuje námořníky, utrácí jejich životy a všechno podřizuje jen osobnímu zajmu, jenakonec všemi zrazen a hyne stejně osamělý jako žil.
Le loup des mers
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.
Literatura norteamericana Traducciones al español.
Powieść amerykańska 1870-1914 tłumaczenia polskie.
Cuentos de mar estadounidenses Traducciones al español.
LITERARY COLLECTIONS / American / General