The Sea Wolf
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Llight stains on board but otherwise binding is tight and pages bright.
A landmark of American adventure fiction, The Sea-Wolf chronicles the harrowing ordeal of Humphrey Van Weyden, a refined literary critic who is rescued from a shipwreck only to find himself press-ganged aboard the Ghost, a brutal sealing schooner commanded by the ruthless and philosophically formidable Wolf Larsen. Jack London uses this gripping, suspenseful narrative to stage a fierce intellectual battle between Larsen's savage Nietzschean nihilism and Van Weyden's civilized humanism, forcing both the protagonist and the reader to confront the raw, indifferent power of nature and the thin veneer of civilization. As Van Weyden endures brutal hardship and gradual physical and moral transformation, London illustrates with unflinching intensity how survival strips men down to their essential character. First published in 1904, the novel remains a visceral and philosophically charged masterwork that argues, with relentless energy, that strength and will are the only true currencies of existence.
Author: Jack London
Format: Hardback
Published: 1989, The Reader's Digest Association
Genre: Adventure fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Llight stains on board but otherwise binding is tight and pages bright.
A landmark of American adventure fiction, The Sea-Wolf chronicles the harrowing ordeal of Humphrey Van Weyden, a refined literary critic who is rescued from a shipwreck only to find himself press-ganged aboard the Ghost, a brutal sealing schooner commanded by the ruthless and philosophically formidable Wolf Larsen. Jack London uses this gripping, suspenseful narrative to stage a fierce intellectual battle between Larsen's savage Nietzschean nihilism and Van Weyden's civilized humanism, forcing both the protagonist and the reader to confront the raw, indifferent power of nature and the thin veneer of civilization. As Van Weyden endures brutal hardship and gradual physical and moral transformation, London illustrates with unflinching intensity how survival strips men down to their essential character. First published in 1904, the novel remains a visceral and philosophically charged masterwork that argues, with relentless energy, that strength and will are the only true currencies of existence.