{"product_id":"martin-eden-9791043135361","title":"Martin Eden","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Jack London\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Les Prairies Numeriques\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Les Prairies Numeriques\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Ancient and Classical\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMartin Eden\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJack London \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMartin Eden\u003c\/strong\u003e 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, \u003cem\u003ephilosophy\u003c\/em\u003e, 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 \u003cstrong\u003eMartin Eden\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eJack London\u003c\/strong\u003e weaves in several details from his own life and experience as an early writer. However, unlike the titular character, a self-described \"individualist\" and \"Nietzsche-man,\" London was in reality a vocal socialist, and had intended \u003cstrong\u003eMartin Eden\u003c\/strong\u003e to be an unflattering caricature of a man who seeks only self-improvement instead of class-improvement. Ironically this was unremarked upon in contemporary reviews. As he inscribed in a copy of the novel given to Upton Sinclair, \"One of my motifs, in this book, was an attack on individualism. I must have bungled it, for not a single reviewer has discovered it.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Les Prairies Numeriques","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47776369967255,"sku":"9791043135361","price":2641.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9791043135361.webp?v=1777995840","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/martin-eden-9791043135361","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}