The Sea Wolf (1904)
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The Sea Wolf (Novel) Published: 1904 Author: Jack London Author Born: Jan. 12, 1876 • San Francisco, CA Author Died: Nov. 22, 1916 • Glen Ellen, CA Film Adaptation: The Sea Wolf Film Released: 1941 |
The Sea Wolf (Novel) Overview:
The Sea-Wolf is a 1904 psychological adventure novel by American novelist Jack London about a literary critic, survivor of an ocean collision who comes under the dominance of Wolf Larsen, the powerful and amoral sea captain who rescues him. Its first printing of forty thousand copies were immediately sold out before publication on the strength of London's previous The Call of the Wild.
The novel has been adapted for film many times including versions in 1913 starring Hobart Bosworth, 1920 starring Noah Beery, 1926 starring Ralph Ince, 1930) starring Milton Sills and 1941) starring Edward G. Robinson
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