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Martin Eden (1909) is a novel by American author Jack London, about a struggling young writer. It was first serialized in the Pacific Monthly magazine from September 1908 to September 1909, and subsequently published in book form by The Macmillan Company in September 1909.
This book is a favorite among writers, who relate to Martin Eden's speculation that when he mailed off a manuscript, 'there was no human editor at the other end, but a mere cunning arrangement of cogs that changed the manuscript from one envelope to another and stuck on the stamps,' returning it automatically with a rejection slip.
While some readers believe there is some resemblance between them, an important difference between Jack London and Martin Eden is that Martin Eden rejects socialism (attacking it as 'slave morality'), and relies on a Nietzschean individualism. In a note to Upton Sinclair, Jack 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." (Introduction by Wikipedia)
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Fiction, Literature, Authors, Classic Literature, Working class, Young men, American fiction (fictional works by one author), American literature, Literatură americană, Roman, Fiction, general, Authors, fiction, Fiction, biographical, Working class--fiction, Authors--fiction, Ps3523.o46 m3 1993Showing 13 featured editions. View all 107 editions?
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Martin Eden
2007, 1st World Library Literary Society
hardcover
in English
- 1st edition
1421897954 9781421897950
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Martin Eden
1986-05, Bantam Books
Mass Market Paperback
in English
- Bantam Classic edition (1)
0553212125 9780553212129
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Jack London's Martin Eden was first published in 1909 and is the story of a young writer's quest for celebrity and love. Much loved by writers who identify with Martin's belief that when he posted a manuscript, 'there was no human editor at the other end, but a mere cunning arrangement of cogs that changed the manuscript from one envelope to another and stuck on the stamps,' that automatically returned it slapped with a rejection slip.
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