Jack London's novel 'The Sea-Wolf', originally printed in 1904.

It is the realistic story of a gentleman scholar Humphrey van Weyden, who is saved by a seal-hunting schooner after a ferryboat accident in San Francisco Bay.

This story tells about a man whose struggles with good and evil result in his demoralisation, disintegration, and death.

Book reveals how raw nature can cause a human being to lose their grip on reality.

The Sea-Wolf explores issues relating to class, strength, and will power.

The book's central character, Humphrey van Weyden, is a literary critic who is a survivor of an ocean collision and who comes under the dominance of Wolf Larsen, the powerful and a moral sea captain who saves him.