The Sea-Wolf (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Jack London
- First Published: 1904
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Adventure
- Time of Work: 1904
- Setting: Pacific Ocean and the Bering Sea
- Principal Characters: Humphrey “Hump” van Weyden, Wolf Larsen, Mugridge, Maud Brewster
- Genres: Long fiction, Adventure, Sea story
- Subjects: Twentieth century, Escapes, Brothers, Death or dying, Revenge, Ships, Sailing or sailors, Cruelty, Sea or seafaring life, Shipwrecks, Hunting or hunters, Pacific Ocean, Mutiny
- Locales: Islands, San Francisco, CA, Pacific Ocean, Bering Sea
The Story:
When the ship in which he was a passenger sank in a collision off the coast of California, Humphrey Van Weyden was picked up by the crew of Wolf Larsen’s ship, the Ghost, a sailing vessel headed for seal hunting ranges in the Bering Sea. Wolf Larsen was a brute. Van Weyden witnessed the inhuman treatment of a sick mate, who died shortly afterward. He saw a cabin boy badly beaten. In his own interview with the captain, he fared little better. Instead of promising to help him return to San Francisco, Wolf demanded that Van Weyden sign as cabin boy and stay...
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