Martin Eden

by Jack London

Publishers:

The Review of Reviews Company; Macmillan Co.; Macmillan and Co.

, 1909

Overview

The tragic Martin Eden was first serialized in the Pacific Monthly in 1908/1909. It follows an working class sailor who aspires to be a writer and earn a place in the upper-classes, giving him the right to be with his love, Ruth. In Martin Eden, London provides strong critique of the capitalistic individualism which drives his protagonist to despair in an empty success.

Product Details

• Title: Martin Eden
• Author: Jack London
• Publishers: The Review of Reviews Company, Macmillan Co., Macmillan and Co.
• Print Publication Date: 1909
• Logos Release Date: 2015
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Working class › Fiction; Authors › Fiction
• Resource ID: LLS:WRKSLONDON05
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-11T15:55:52Z

About Jack London

Born in San Francisco, Jack London (1876–1916) shoveled coal, pirated oysters, sailed with a sealing schooner, and worked in a cannery as a youth. In 1897, London traveled to the Yukon to join the Klondike gold rush, an experience that inspired many of his later works. Best known for The Call of the Wild (1903), he wrote and published more than fifty volumes of essays, novels, and short stories, and was one of the most popular authors of his era.