Martin Eden

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Creators: Jack London (1876-1916) "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.) Reading Level: Reading ease score: 81.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. Rights: Public domain in the USA. Downloads: 4070

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