Martin Eden - Softcover

Jack London

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1535364386 ISBN 13: 9781535364386

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

Synopsis

Martin Eden is a 1909 novel by American author Jack London about a young proletarian autodidact struggling to become a writer. It was first serialized in The Pacific Monthly magazine from September 1908 to September 1909 and published in book form by Macmillan in September 1909. Eden represents writers' frustration with publishers by speculating that when he mails off a manuscript, a "cunning arrangement of cogs" immediately puts it in a new envelope and returns it automatically with a rejection slip.[citation needed] The central theme of Eden's developing artistic sensibilities places the novel in the tradition of the Künstlerroman, in which is narrated the formation and development of an artist. Eden differs from London in that Eden rejects socialism, attacking it as "slave morality", and relies on a Nietzschean individualism. In a note to Upton Sinclair, London wrote, "One of my motifs, in this book, was an attack on individualism (in the person of the hero). I must have bungled, for not a single reviewer has discovered it."

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""Martin Eden" is assuredly one of Jack London's greatest works."--Upton Sinclair

"Martin Eden" is assuredly one of Jack London s greatest works. Upton Sinclair"

Martin Eden is assuredly one of Jack London s greatest works. Upton Sinclair"

"Martin Eden is assuredly one of Jack London's greatest works."--Upton Sinclair

From the Back Cover:

Set in San Francisco, this is the story of Martin Eden, an impoverished seaman who pursues, obsessively and aggressively, dreams of education and literary fame. London, dissatisfied with the rewards of his own success, intended Martin Eden as an attack on individualism and a criticism of ambition; however, much of its status as a classic has been conferred by admirers of its ambitious protagonist.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1535364386
• ISBN 13: 9781535364386
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 136