Classic Novels Library

Martin Eden

Martin Eden

by London, Jack, 1876-1916

BookID: 1056

Language:English

Reading Level:Reading ease score: 81.2 (6th grade). Easy to read.

Copyright Status:Public domain in the USA.

Working class -- FictionAuthors -- FictionAutobiographical fictionBildungsromans

Description

"Martin Eden" by Jack London is a novel published in 1909 about a young working-class sailor who struggles to become a writer. Driven by love for Ruth Morse, a woman from a bourgeois family, Martin Eden pursues intense self-education to rise above his circumstances. As he transforms himself through relentless effort, he becomes increasingly isolated from both his working-class roots and the elite society he sought to join. The novel explores themes of social class, individualism, and the cost of ambition. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Class:PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

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