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1909 novel by Jack London

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*Martin Eden* is a literary work authored by Jack London. The piece was first published in 1908, with a subsequent publication date recorded as September 1, 1909. It has been issued in 168 editions.

The text is available through Project Gutenberg and other digital sources. It has been referenced by 103 other encyclopedia articles.

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Author
Jack London
First published
1908
Editions
168
Subjects
Fiction, Literature, Authors, Classic Literature, Working class, Young men, American fiction (fictional works by one author), American literature

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Key facts

Author
Jack London
Language
English
Genre
Künstlerroman
Publisher
Macmillan
Publication place
United States
Media type
Print (hardcover)

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Full text

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"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.) ... Read more Show less For your e-reader or reading app — Kindle, Kobo, Apple Books, Calibre etc.

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Wikidata facts

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Instance of
literary work
Country of origin
United States
Narrative location
Oakland
Image
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title
Martin Eden
publication date
1909-09-01
language of work or name
English language
inception
1909-00-00
copyright status
public domain
form of creative work
novel
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Martin Eden
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Encyclopedic overview

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 then published in book form by Macmillan in September 1909.

Eden represents writers' frustration with publishers. The central theme of Eden's developing artistic sensibilities places the novel in the tradition of the Künstlerroman, which narrates an artist's formation and development.

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