The Sea-Wolf

by Jack London

Publisher:

The Review of Reviews Company

, 1904

Overview

Jack London’s cerebral novel The Sea-Wolf follows the troubles of a literary critic who survives a shipwreck and is rescued by Wolf Larsen, the highly intelligent, but amoral captain of a seal-hunting vessel. Through his antagonist, London sought to debunk the super-man theory of Nietzche. The Sea-Wolf was released to strong commercial success on the strength of his previous work, The Call of the Wild and was well-received by critics.

Product Details

• Title: The Sea-Wolf
• Author: Jack London
• Series: The Works of Jack London
• Publisher: The Review of Reviews Company
• Print Publication Date: 1904
• Logos Release Date: 2015
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Sealers (Persons) › Fiction; Arctic regions › Fiction; Sealing ships › Fiction
• Resource ID: LLS:WRKSLONDON03
• Resource Type: text.monograph.collected-work
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T06:45:58Z

About Jack London

Born in San Francisco, Jack London (1876–1916) shoveled coal, pirated oysters, sailed with a sealing schooner, and worked in a cannery as a youth. In 1897, London traveled to the Yukon to join the Klondike gold rush, an experience that inspired many of his later works. Best known for The Call of the Wild (1903), he wrote and published more than fifty volumes of essays, novels, and short stories, and was one of the most popular authors of his era.