The Sea-Wolf

Name: The Sea-Wolf
Brand: Dreamscape Media
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.5 (50 reviews)
Author: Jack London
ISBN: 9781666616521

Author: Jack London

Narrator: Noah Michael Levine

Unabridged: 10 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Dreamscape Media

Published: 10/11/2022

Categories: Fiction, Action & Adventure, Sea Stories, Classic

Synopsis

"Humphrey Van Weyden is a smart, domesticated man. He enjoys reading and critiquing literature in his free time. So when he finds himself a survivor of a ferryboat accident and at the complete mercy of a tyrannical schooner captain, his life is turned upside down. Exploring themes of ambition, courage, and survival, this 1904 classic adventure novel features an antagonist based on a sailor Jack London once knew."

About Jack London

Jack London (1876-1916) was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist. A pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction, he was one of the first fiction writers to obtain worldwide celebrity and a large fortune from his fiction alone. London was a passionate advocate of unionization, socialism, and the rights of workers. His most famous works include The Call of the Wild and White Fang, both set in the Klondike Gold Rush.

About Noah Michael Levine

Noah Michael Levine is an Audie Award–winning narrator, audiobook producer, actor, and author. He has narrated over 400 titles and looks forward to recording many more. His catalog spans the full breadth of genres, including history, philosophy, science, literary critique, fantasy, drama, comedy, young adult, thriller, and romance/erotica. An avid home chef and lover of animals, he lives in the beautiful Hudson River Village of Nyack, New York.

Reviews

Goodreads review by brian on April 23, 2021

the biggest boldest pieceofshit pulpedout ridiculous shitshow of a novel I've come across. ever. i love it. here’s the deal: an effete bookworm gets on a boat that crashes just off the san fransiscan coast and is scooped out of the water and brought onto the seal-hunting Ghost, headed to Japan, and......more

Goodreads review by Henry on June 24, 2024

Millionaire Humphrey van Weyden a bookish gentleman, (who reads anymore) was coming back from visiting a close friend in the East Bay shore. Crossing the waters to San Francisco , again, his ferry boat collides in the thick fog with a steamer. Quickly sinking her, the dilettante can't swim good thin......more

Goodreads review by A.E. on November 02, 2022

Fantastic book and very engaging, but Ambrose Bierce was right about the tacked on love story later in the text.......more

Goodreads review by Jay on July 27, 2018

This terrific tale of the sea is character driven. Also, a study of human nature. Life, death, courage, hope for survival, immortality and love. A really good, but under-rated read.......more