My reading of Jack London's 1904 terse psychological thriller. The book's protagonist, Humphrey Van Weyden, is an effete literary critic from San Francisco who survives a ship catastrophe only to come under the dominance of Wolf Larsen, the powerful and amoral sea captain who rescues and then shanghais him. Its first printing of forty thousand copies was immediately sold out before publication on the strength of London's previous The Call of the Wild. If you enjoy my readings and would like to support the channel, you can buy me a cup of coffee : https://buymeacoffee.com/lorigomez_apoetrychannel <br />
