| Martin Eden Contributor(s): Mybook (Editor), London, Jack (Author) |
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ISBN: 1977905315 ISBN-13: 9781977905314 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $19.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections - History |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 1020 |
| Physical Information: 1.16" H x 6" W x 9" (1.66 lbs) 572 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Living in Oakland at the beginning of the 20th century, Martin Eden struggles to rise above his destitute, proletarian circumstances through an intense and passionate pursuit of self-education, hoping to achieve a place among the literary elite. His principal motivation is his love for Ruth Morse. Because Eden is a rough, uneducated sailor from a working-class background 4] and the Morses are a bourgeois family, a union between them would be impossible unless and until he reached their level of wealth and refinement. Over a period of two years, Eden promises Ruth that success will come, but just before it does, Ruth loses her patience and rejects him in a letter, saying, "if only you had settled down . |