Jack London's Martin Eden Author:Jack London, Dennis E. Hensley Though he lived only 40 years (1876-1916), Jack London's life was legendary. Rising from an uneducated poverty-stricken waif to become the first person in history to earn a million dollars strictly from writing, London's fixation of finding success created a story worthy of a classic novel. So it was that London's autobiographical novel Martin ... more »Ededn (the initials spell "me") gained critical acclaim and a vast readership upon its publication in September, 1909. It has sustained that readership in all the years that have followed.
Now, for the fist time and in-depth literary analysis of this classic novel is available. The complete text of the novel is supplemented with commentary about the history of the era, the literary devices employed by London and the sociological impact of the story.« less