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Martin Eden

Author:
Jack London
Read by:
Greg W.
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Book
11
Narrator
4
Release Date
January 1, 2016
Duration
14 hours 50 minutes
Summary
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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Profile Avatar Shils Oct 2021

Unusual story,lI enjoyed the story but through out it and kept wondering what is the point of the story. I

Profile Avatar Anonymous Jul 2020

London’s stories seem to be very gritty and descriptive. I feel that it drags the story down by being overly detailed in the way that things look and feel to the characters. The narrator was very monotone and had very little emotion but was clear and concise.

Martin Eden

Martin Eden

Author: Jack London
Read by: Greg W.
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