The Sea-Wolf
by Jack London
Taste attributes: adventuredramawarfresh & originalunsavouryheavysimplelinearemotive & stirringhuman spirit/resilience/survivaltroubled leadsunderdog triumphs
Boxlist takeA dark adventure novel, balanced on most other counts. Best if you like edge over warmth.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: very linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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4.0 / 5
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About This Book
Jack London's novel The Sea Wolf became an instant bestseller on its release in 1904. Ambrose Bierce wrote "The great thing - and it is among the greatest of things - is that tremendous creation, Wolf Larsen...the hewing out and setting up of such a figure is black for a man to do in one lifetime." The Sea Wolf tells the story of intellectual Humphrey van Weyden's toughening and growth in the face of brutality and...
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- Author
- Jack London
- Published
- 1904
- Pages
- 321
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- Open Library
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