Saturday, March 7, 2009

The Sea-wolf by Jack London

The Sea-wolf,
by Jack London (McClure Publications, 1917).

In The Sea-Wolf by Jack London, the character Wolf Larsen reads Ecclesiastes 2:8-9, 11; 9:2-6 in full, and then proclaims, "The Preacher who was king over Israel in Jerusalem thought as I think." For all the limitations in life, he appreciated its superiority over death (pages 106-107).

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