# Martin Eden

By Jack London.

"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. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Subjects: Working class -- Fiction; Authors -- Fiction; Autobiographical fiction; Bildungsromans; Young men -- Fiction; San Francisco (Calif.) -- Fiction

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- [Martin Eden](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/4954) by Jack London (14 h 48 min, English)

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