The Mutiny of the Elsinore is a novel by the American writer Jack London first published in 1914. The novel is partially based on London's voyage around Cape Horn on the Dirigo in 1912.[1]
The character "De Casseres", who espouses nihilistic viewpoints similar to the ideas of French philosopher Jules de Gaultier, is based on London's real-life friend and journalist Benjamin De Casseres.[2]
Summary
editAfter the death of the captain, the crew of a ship split between the two senior surviving mates in a mutiny, and eventually come under control of the narrator. The narrator also develops relationships with several characters.
During the conflict, the narrator develops as a strong character, rather as in The Sea-Wolf. It also includes some strong right views which were part of London's complex world-view.[citation needed]
Adaptations
editThe novel has been adapted into films three times. In 1920 an American silent version The Mutiny of the Elisnore was made. A 1936 French adaptation Les mutinés de l'Elseneur directed by Pierre Chenal and a 1937 British film The Mutiny of the Elsinore were both made in sound.
References
edit- ^ "List of London's Novels". jacklondons.com. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
- ^ "Jack London's Dialectical Philosophy between Nietzsche's Radical Nihilism and Jules de Gaultier's Bovarysme" (PDF), Partial Answers: Journal of Literature and the History of Ideas, 9 (1): 73, 2011
External links
edit
The Mutiny of the Elsinore public domain audiobook at LibriVox- The Mutiny of the Elsinore public domain text at Project Gutenberg
