# The Sea-Wolf — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Sea-Wolf by Jack London.

- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_wolf_se/chapters/i.md): Humphrey Van Weyden recounts the ferry Martinez sinking in a fog collision in San Francisco Bay, his panic and struggle in the cold water, and his eventual rescue by a passing schooner, the Ghost, where he glimpses Wolf 
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_wolf_se/chapters/ii.md): Humphrey Van Weyden, rescued from the sea, finds himself aboard the sealing schooner Ghost. He observes the dying first mate and the terrifying, blasphemous captain, Wolf Larsen. After being dressed in foul-smelling clot
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_wolf_se/chapters/iii.md): Humphrey Van Weyden is forced into servitude under Wolf Larsen after failing to escape via the pilot boat Lady Mine. He witnesses the brutal burial of a dead sailor and the violent discipline of the crew, including the c
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_wolf_se/chapters/iv.md): Humphrey Van Weyden struggles to adapt to his new role as cabin boy on the Ghost, facing humiliation and pain. The cook, Thomas Mugridge, becomes domineering and abusive. Humphrey is nearly swept overboard by a wave, inj
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_wolf_se/chapters/v.md): Humphrey Van Weyden is moved into the cabin after Johansen is sent to the steerage. He endures physical abuse from Thomas Mugridge and Wolf Larsen, discovers Larsen's surprising intellectual side through his library, and

> 34 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=the_sea_wolf_se_718kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_wolf_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_wolf_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_wolf_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_wolf_se/chapters/ix.md)
- [Chapter X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_wolf_se/chapters/x.md)
- [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_wolf_se/chapters/xi.md)
- [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_wolf_se/chapters/xii.md)
- [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_wolf_se/chapters/xiii.md)
- [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_wolf_se/chapters/xiv.md)
- [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_wolf_se/chapters/xv.md)
- [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_wolf_se/chapters/xvi.md)
- [Chapter XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_wolf_se/chapters/xvii.md)
- [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_wolf_se/chapters/xviii.md)
- [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_wolf_se/chapters/xix.md)
- [XX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_wolf_se/chapters/xx.md)
- [XXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_wolf_se/chapters/xxi.md)
- [XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_wolf_se/chapters/xxii.md)
- [XXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_wolf_se/chapters/xxiii.md)
- [XXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_wolf_se/chapters/xxiv.md)
- [XXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_wolf_se/chapters/xxv.md)
- [XXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_wolf_se/chapters/xxvi.md)
- [XXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_wolf_se/chapters/xxvii.md)
- [XXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_wolf_se/chapters/xxviii.md)
- [XXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_wolf_se/chapters/xxix.md)
- [The Building of the Hut and the Seal Hunt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_wolf_se/chapters/xxx.md)
- [XXXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_wolf_se/chapters/xxxi.md)
- [XXXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_wolf_se/chapters/xxxii.md)
- [XXXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_wolf_se/chapters/xxxiii.md)
- [XXXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_wolf_se/chapters/xxxiv.md)
- [Chapter XXXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_wolf_se/chapters/xxxv.md)
- [XXXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_wolf_se/chapters/xxxvi.md)
- [XXXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_wolf_se/chapters/xxxvii.md)
- [XXXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_wolf_se/chapters/xxxviii.md)
- [XXXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_wolf_se/chapters/xxxix.md)

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