Martin Eden
Автор:
Jack LondonЖанр:
Дата добавления:
2024-10-24Язык книги:
EnglishКол-во страниц:
138
Description
Martin Eden is a young, hard working man of the working class. After a chance encounter with a beautiful woman of the bourgeoisie, he finds himself in love. In order to win this woman’s approval he decides to educate himself: He corrects his speech, he learns proper manners, and he reads the classics of literature, philosophy, and science.
Eventually they become engaged, and he decides to become a writer. But he’s continually flummoxed by the greedy and unintelligent editors who are incapable of understanding his work, and by a society that values money as the pinnacle of success.
In Martin Eden, Jack London weaves in several details from his own life...
