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The Sea-Wolf

Jack London · 1904

The Sea-Wolf by Jack London follows Humphrey van Weyden, a sheltered and affluent literary critic who survives a shipwreck only to be "rescued" by the Ghost, a seal-hunting schooner. The ship is commanded by Wolf Larsen, a terrifyingly strong, highly intelligent, and completely amoral captain who forces Humphrey into menial labor. Stripped of his civilized privileges, Humphrey must adapt to a brutal, primitive life at sea. The narrative traces his physical and psychological transformation as he struggles to survive Larsen's tyrannical rule, a philosophical and physical conflict that reaches its breaking point with the arrival of another castaway, Maud Brewster.

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Contents

  1. Opening pages6 items
  2. 1CHAPTER I36 items
  3. 2CHAPTER IIMembers
  4. 3CHAPTER IIIMembers
  5. 4CHAPTER IVMembers
  6. 5CHAPTER VMembers
  7. 6CHAPTER VIMembers
  8. 7CHAPTER VIIMembers
  9. 8CHAPTER VIIIMembers
  10. 9CHAPTER IXMembers
  11. 10CHAPTER XMembers
  12. 11CHAPTER XIMembers
  13. 12CHAPTER XIIMembers
  14. 13CHAPTER XIIIMembers
  15. 14CHAPTER XIVMembers
  16. 15CHAPTER XVMembers
  17. 16CHAPTER XVIMembers
  18. 17CHAPTER XVIIMembers
  19. 18CHAPTER XVIIIMembers
  20. 19CHAPTER XIXMembers
  21. 20CHAPTER XXMembers
  22. 21CHAPTER XXIMembers
  23. 22CHAPTER XXIIMembers
  24. 23CHAPTER XXIIIMembers
  25. 24CHAPTER XXIVMembers
  26. 25CHAPTER XXVMembers
  27. 26CHAPTER XXVIMembers
  28. 27CHAPTER XXVIIMembers
  29. 28CHAPTER XXVIIIMembers
  30. 29CHAPTER XXIXMembers
  31. 30CHAPTER XXXMembers
  32. 31CHAPTER XXXIMembers
  33. 32CHAPTER XXXIIMembers
  34. 33CHAPTER XXXIIIMembers
  35. 34CHAPTER XXXIVMembers
  36. 35CHAPTER XXXVMembers
  37. 36CHAPTER XXXVIMembers
  38. 37CHAPTER XXXVIIMembers
  39. 38CHAPTER XXXVIIIMembers
  40. 39CHAPTER XXXIXMembers

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