Martin Eden

Synopsis

First serialized in 1908, “martin eden” is jack london’s classic and tragic tale of its title character and his struggle to become a writer. Martin eden is an idealistic and self-educated young man who struggles to overcome poverty and a lack of opportunities in a quest to become an educated and successful artist. He hopes to find acceptance in the world of the wealthy and refined, though he finds it hard to shake off his coarse working-class background. Eden falls in love with ruth morse, but he feels that he is not good enough to win her hand, as she comes from a bourgeois family.