The Sea-Wolf

Sea-Wolf, published in 1904, is another classic by Jack London, but it diverges from The Call of the Wild in its setting and themes. This novel is a psychological and adventure story set primarily at sea and explores themes of brutality, survival, and the clash between civilization and savagery.

The protagonist, Humphrey Van Weyden, is a literary critic who is shipwrecked and ends up aboard the sealing schooner Ghost, captained by the brutal and enigmatic Wolf Larsen. Larsen is a tyrannical ...