{"product_id":"the-sea-wolf-by-jack-london-paperback","title":"The Sea-Wolf | Fine Print Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Sea-Wolf | Fine Print Edition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom Captain Nemo’s Library\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe sea has little patience for weakness, and even less for those who mistake civilization for safety.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen literary critic Humphrey Van Weyden survives a shipwreck in the Pacific, his rescue aboard the sealing schooner \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGhost\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e proves to be the beginning of an altogether more terrifying ordeal.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCommanded by the formidable Captain Wolf Larsen, the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGhost\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a vessel ruled by brutality, intellect, and the uncompromising laws of survival. Larsen is a man of extraordinary physical strength and philosophical intelligence, yet his contempt for human weakness makes him as dangerous as the ocean itself.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eForced into a world utterly removed from his comfortable existence, Van Weyden must confront questions of morality, power, independence, and the true nature of humanity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst published in 1904, Jack London’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Sea-Wolf\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a gripping maritime adventure and a profound exploration of the struggle between intellect and instinct, civilization and savagery.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Note from Captain Nemo’s Library\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCaptain Nemo has always maintained that the sea offers a freedom the world above cannot comprehend.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWolf Larsen might agree, although the two captains would almost certainly disagree on what a man ought to do with that freedom.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBoth possess formidable intellects, fierce independence, and a profound distrust of conventional society. Yet where Larsen sees power as justification, Nemo’s complicated moral convictions suggest a rather different understanding of authority.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIlex suspects that an encounter between the two men would be fascinating.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShe also suspects that neither would survive the conversation with his pride entirely intact.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA compelling addition to Captain Nemo’s Library, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Sea-Wolf\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e belongs among the great works of maritime literature, where the greatest dangers are not always found beneath the waves.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBook Details\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Jack London\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eEdition:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Fine Print Edition\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eOriginal Publication:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 1904\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003ePages:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 188\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 6 × 9 × 0.4 inches\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eEdition Publication Date:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e October 3, 2014\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eGenre:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Classic Literature, Maritime Adventure, Psychological Fiction\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the Library:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Captain Nemo has expressed little admiration for Wolf Larsen. Ilex considers this one of the more revealing endorsements of the book.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68138777575705,"sku":"9781502702753","price":16.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1019\/9803\/5225\/files\/W_gDAUIkKb9781502702753.webp?v=1793411100","url":"https:\/\/thelovefern.com\/products\/the-sea-wolf-by-jack-london-paperback","provider":"The Love Fern","version":"1.0","type":"link"}