The Sea Wolf [Mass Market Paperback]

Jack London (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0553212257 | ISBN-13: 978-0553212259 | Publication Date: April 1, 1984

The Sea Wolf is Jack London’s 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.

Jack London was a worshipper of the strong and virtuous hero, and a firm believer in the inevitable triumph of good. The master storyteller nowhere demonstrates this theme more vividly than in this classic American tale of peril and adventure, good and evil.

Editorial Reviews

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"An extraordinarily useful edition. The supplementary and contextual materials are not only of scholarly significance themselves but also provide invaluable aids for the first-time reader of Jack London's novels."--David Holloway, Portland State University
"A fine, attractive, useful edition."--George F. Day, University of Northern Iowa
"A fine edition. I was especially impressed with the appendices and the notes section. Very helpful."--John Guzlowski, Eastern Illinois University
"Excellent edition--the comments by Sutherland illuminate the philosophical and personal underpinings of a deceptively complex work by a deceptively complex writer. Also the Explanatory Notes are quite good."--Jack Summers, Central Piedmont Community College
"Thank you." --James R. Hepworth, Lewis-Clark State College
--This text refers to the Library Binding edition.

From the Publisher

This book is in Electronic Paperback Format. If you view this book on any of the computer systems below, it will look like a book. Simple to run, no program to install. Just put the CD in your CDROM drive and start reading. The simple easy to use interface is child tested at pre-school levels.

Windows 3.11, Windows/95, Windows/98, OS/2 and MacIntosh and Linux with Windows Emulation.

Includes Quiet Vision's Dynamic Index. the abilty to build a index for any set of characters or words. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Bantam Classics (April 1, 1984)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0553212257
• ISBN-13: 978-0553212259
• Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 0.7 x 6.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (116 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #237,997 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #11 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Literature & Fiction > Authors, A-Z > ( L ) > London, Jack

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60 of 62 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining, September 6, 2010

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AJ Duckworth - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Sea Wolf (Kindle Edition)

Having a Kindle helps one to discover books which otherwise would certainly have been missed. This is one of them.

It's the tale of a rather bookish "gentleman" who is virtually press-ganged to work on a sailing ship. Through vicious hardship he is faced with the choice of survival (and in the process compromising his morality) or almost certain death. The main villain, if you will, is the Captain of the ship, who's physical strength and presence is overwhelming.

Some of the language is a little archaic, but the Kindle dictionary didn't let me down.

It's well worth the read. Get past the first ten pages, and you may find it hard to put down.

25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Solid adventure story., September 22, 2010

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C. Plater (Huntsville, AL United States) - See all my reviews
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It has been many years since I've read any Jack London and it was good to get back in the adventure story groove. He does paint a good visual in one's mind of the settings even with the 19th century language. The story moves along pretty well although some of the flowery romantic speech seem to drag for me. The conclusion was sufficiently satisfying and it is suitable reading for young readers.

37 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You will not be disappointed., June 9, 2010

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A. Osorio (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Sea Wolf (Kindle Edition)

Great book! I had never read Jack London before but after visiting his burnt down estate in Northern California I became interested in his writing. This book is excellent, entertaining and fast paced. The kindle edition seems not to be missing any pages. Great Free Download.