num_pages: 366
description: The Sea-Wolf is a 1904 psychological adventure novel by Jack London about a literary critic Humphrey van Weyden.The story starts with him aboard a San Francisco ferry, called Martinez, which collides with another ship in the fog and sinks. He is set adrift in the Bay, eventually being picked up by Wolf Larsen.Larsen is 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.
language: English
title: The Sea-Wolf
titlecomplete: The Sea-Wolf
characters: Humphrey van Weyden, Wolf Larsen
genres: Historical, Literature, American, Classics, Adventure, Novels, Philosophy, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Classic Literature
ratings_count: 29593
publisher: Classic Publishers