The Sea-Wolf (1904) (edit title/settings)

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• Wolf Larsen: The cruel and animalistic captain of the Ghost. He forces Humphrey to work on the ship.
• Kopf: A great sea adventure where a well to do gentelman is rescued by a lawless captain of a seal schooner and forced to be his caban boy.
• Der Steuermann: Add a description of this character.
• Wasser
• Johnson
• Boote
• Maud Brewster
• Der Koch
• Thomas Mugridge
• Messer
• Schiff
• Dann
• Humphrey Van Weyden: The antagonist of the story. He is in a shipwreck and is saved by another ship.
• Blick
• Kombüse
• Sie
• Kajüte
• Leach
• Meer
• Insel
• Frau
• Koje
• Gewehr
• Johansen
• Matrosen
• Harrison
• Schoner
• Meilen
• Stirn
• Lage
• Latimer
• Feuer
• Weise
• Köchlein
• Tod Larsen
• Henderson
• Tisch
• Bett
• Masten
• Rauch
• Knie
• Hände
• Kerfoot
• Kelly
• Martinez
• Louis
• Horner
• Standish
• Yonson

Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Macedonia
• Japan
• Steuerrad
• Ghost
• San Francisco
• Essen
• Bewusstsein
• Zwischendeck
• Befehl
• Verzweiflung
• Yokohama
• Kanaka
• Charley Furuseth

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Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Jack London (Author)

Other Contributors:

1. Barbara Dieck (Translator) - German
2. John Sutherland (Editor)
3. Frank Muller (Reader)

First Edition edit see section history

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: PS3523.O46 S5 1904
• Dewey: 813.52

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Literature & Fiction › Authors, A-Z › ( L ) › London, Jack
• Books › Literature & Fiction › History & Criticism › Criticism & Theory
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Classics
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Classics

Links to Supplemental Material edit see section history

• Wikipedia Article: A psychological adventure novel by American novelist Jack London about a literary critic, survivor of an ocean collision who comes under the dominance of Wolf Larsen, the powerful and amoral sea captain who rescues him. Its first printing of forty thousand copies were immediately sold out before publication on the strength of London's previous The Call of the Wild. It tells the story of a soft, domesticated protagonist, in this novel's case an intellectual man named Humphrey van Weyden, forced to become tough and self-reliant by exposure to cruelty and brutality. 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 sea, 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 (though highly biased in his opinions, as he was self-taught), he rules over his ship and terrorizes the crew with the aid of his exceptionally great physical strength. Van Weyden adequately describes him as an individualist, hedonist, and materialist. Larsen does not believe in the immortality of the soul, he finds no meaning in his life save for survival and pleasure and has come to despise all human life and deny its value. Being interested in someone capable of intellectual disputes, he somewhat takes care of Van Weyden, whom he calls 'Hump', while forcing him to become a cabin boy, do menial work, and learn to fight to protect himself from a brutal crew.

Movie Connections edit see section history

• The Sea Wolf (1941) (IMDb): Staring Edward G. Robinson, John Garfield, and Ida Lupino
• Sea Wolf (TV 2009) (IMDb): Starring Sebastian Koch, Tim Roth, and Neve Campbell