On 20 January 1903, shortly after completing his future bestseller
The Call of the Wild(1903), the twenty-seven-year-old Jack London sent a synopsis of his next novel to his publisher in America, George P. Brett of Macmillan’s:
I have made up my mind that it shall be a sea story. . . . which shall have adventure, storm, struggle, tragedy, and love. The love-element will run throughout, as the man
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Citation: Fachard, Alexandre. "The Sea-Wolf". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 13 May 2017 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=7667, accessed 23 November 2024.]
