When Humphrey Van Weyden finds himself struggling in the freezing waters of San Francisco Bay he thinks the worst that can happen to him is drowning. After he is rescued by the Ghost and its captain. Wolf Larsen, Humphrey discovers that there are fates far worse than death. On Larsen`s hell-ship the dilettante hero is forced to slave as cabin boy and humble seaman. Over the seven months` voyage to the sealing grounds off Siberia he engages in an epic duel with his ruthlessly Nietzschean skipper, a conflict which must end with the death of one of them. In Humphrey`s story London recalls his own adventures on a sealing vessel at the age of 17. And in the vivid dialogues between Larsen and Van Weyden he gives the clearest definition of his savage philosophy of life. John Sutherland`s notes to The Sea-Wolf include a history of pelagic seal hunting, and an account of the many cinematic versions of this most filmed of Jack London`s novels. The Sea Wolf - Jack London od authora Jack London a nakladatelství v kategorii Knihy za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus.cz Publikace: THE SEA-WOLF (Oxford World´s Classics New Edition) - LONDON, J.. Published in 1904, and drawing on London's own experience on board a sealing ship, The Sea-Wolf describes the struggle between the civilized and the pagan, between the values of the ruthless sea-captain, Wolf Larsen, and the moral, literary Humphrey Van Weyden. One of his most popular novels, it also reveals London's preoccupation with the Nietzschean idea of the superman, and his interest in the brute underlying social behaviour. Publikace: THE SEA-WOLF (Oxford World´s Classics New Edition) - LONDON, J..