About the book
A rough, poorly educated sailor from the working class falls for Ruth Morse, a young university student from a bourgeois family, in Jack London's novel about a self-taught man trying to become a writer. To win her, Martin Eden corrects his speech, learns manners and reads widely in literature, philosophy and science. He also sets out to make his living as a writer. London wove in details from his own early writing life, yet as a socialist he meant the individualist Eden as an attack on individualism, an aim he said no reviewer noticed.
Musician and film maker Andi Dumitrescu calls it his favorite, chosen with emotion, probably because it recalls his adolescence, and Y-Productive marketing head Kyrylo Taranenko says reading it at about thirteen made him fond of self-education.
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This book has 2 recommendations
Andi Dumitrescu (Musician, Film Maker)
I chose my favorite book with emotion and it’s Martin Eden, probably because it reminds me of my adolescence.
Kyrylo Taranenko (Head of Marketing/Y-Productive)
I read it when I was thirteen or so. The novel tells a dramatic story about the illiterate sailor, who fell in love with a high-society lady. The protagonist puts a lot of efforts into self-education and hard work to meet her expectations… Sounds romantic, but the plot goes behind the casual love story. This book made me fond of self-education and an even bigger fan of reading.
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