The sea-wolf
By: Jack London
Publisher: Thorpe
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Leicester
Language: eng
Number of pages: 494
ISBN-13: 9781444823622
Subjects: Sealers (Persons); Fiction; Sealing ships; Ship captains
Description: After embarking on a pleasure cruise, bookish young Humphrey van Weyden finds himself shipwrecked amidst a terrible storm. When he is picked up by a passing vessel, he initially believes he has been rescued by kind saviours. But Humphrey soon finds out that he has in fact boarded the GHOST - a seal-hunting ship captained by the incisive philosopher, brutal despot, and utterly terrifying Wolf Larsen. As Humphrey falls in love with Maud, a beautiful poet and fellow shipwreck survivor, he must contend not only with the dangers of being at sea, but also with competition from his cruel and scheming captain ...