Name: The Sea-Wolf
SKU: 54714028
Price: 21.03 EUR
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Author: London, Jack
ISBN: 9783958553613

Type

Physical Book

Author

Jack London

Publisher

Fabula Verlag Hamburg

Language

English

Pages

340

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.3x12.7x1.9 cm

Weight

0.37 kg.

ISBN13

9783958553613

Synopsis "The Sea-Wolf "

"One may see the soul stir in some men's eyes, but his were bleak, and cold, and gray as the sea itself." Humphrey Van Weyden is swept overboard in San Francisco Bay and plucked up by the Ghost. The vessel's captain is the Sea-Wolf, a strong and unmerciful tyrant. Weyden becomes an unwilling participant in a shipboard drama mounting in mutiny and shipwreck. Jack London firmly believes in the triumph of good. This classic American tale has influenced writers such as Hemingway and Orwell and is read and loved around the world.

Jack London

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Jack London (1876-1916), pseudonym of John Griffith Chaney, is one of the great American writers of the early 20th century. His world is inspired by a very subjective interpretation of Nietzsche's philosophy and is built on the principle of survival of the fittest. Born in San Francisco, he was essentially a self-taught child who avidly read the collections of the public library. At seventeen, he embarked on his first schooner, heading to Japan. After several experiences as a sailor and vagabond -which also led to his imprisonment-, London attended Oakland High School and later, the University of California, which he had to leave due to financial problems. Like many, he suffered from gold fever until he finally turned to writing.

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