The Sea-Wolf - Jack London

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Résumé :
The Sea-Wolf (1904) is an adventure novel by American writer Jack London. Inspired by his acquaintance Captain Alex MacLean, a sailor from the Pacific Northwest, London sought to write a novel of the high seas with psychological and philosophical underpinnings. An intelligent scholar named Humphrey van Weyden boards a ferry in San Francisco. Lost in the fog, the Martinez collides with another ship, and van Weyden is tossed overboard. Afloat in the Bay, he is discovered and rescued by Wolf Larsen, a gruff captain of a seal-hunting vessel. Aboard the schooner Ghost, van Weyden finds himself conscripted as a cabin boy, and must quickly adjust to the rough nature of seafaring life while immuring himself to the rages and peculiarities of Larsen. When his disgruntled crew stages a mutiny in response to his abuses, the savvy and powerful captain overwhelms them, and van Weyden, now known as Hump, is promoted to mate. With a depleted crew, the Ghost continues on through the hunting season, but its troubles are far from over. The Sea-Wolf is a story set in some of Earth's harshest environments that brings two men from opposite positions in life together with one goal in mind: survival. This edition of Jack London's The Sea-Wolf is a classic of American literature reimagined for modern readers. Since our inception in 2020, Mint Editions has kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of our mission. Each and every Mint Edition title gets a fresh, professionally typeset manuscript and a dazzling new cover, all while maintaining the integrity of the original book. With thousands of titles in our collection, we aim to spotlight diverse public domain works to help them find modern audiences. Mint Editions celebrates a breadth of literary works, curated from both canonical and overlooked classics from writers around the globe....

Biographie:
John Griffith Chaney (nascido em S?o Francisco, no 12 de janeiro de 1876 na Calif?rnia, morreu a 22 de novembro de 1916 no seu Beauty Ranch), autor, jornalista e ativista social norte-americano com refer?ncias marxistas, pioneiro da sua era, fez ent?o parte do novo mundo das revistas comerciais de fic??o, tendo sido um dos primeiros romancistas a obter celebridade mundial atrav?s das suas hist?rias, al?m de uma grande fortuna. Jack London (seu pseud?nimo), ? um dos mais importantes autores da literatura norte-americana do fim do s?culo XIX, princ?pio do s?culo XX. Escreveu centenas de contos, entre eles alguns vision?rios e magistrais que determinaram os caminhos da literatura ocidental, bem como magn?ficos romances.Apesar da jovem idade em que faleceu, Jack London deixou-nos uma extensa obra liter?ria. A sua vida focou-se na sobreviv?ncia - come?ou a trabalhar ainda em crian?a - e no sonho vir a ser escritor e viver da sua escrita. Para o conseguir London abra?ou os mais diversos desafios, foi lutador de boxe, marinheiro e garimpeiro, e foi ap?s a sua viagem durante a Febre do Ouro no Klondike que Jack London se decidiu definitivamente a tornar-se escritor, e foi na sua ?poca o primeiro a lograr a fama mundial....

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