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Martin Eden (Hardcover)

by Jack London (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 356 pages
  • Publisher: Indypublish.com (1 July 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1404317961
  • ISBN-13: 978-1404317963
  • Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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4.0 out of 5 stars An oft-misread American modern classic, 16 Jun 2007
By Nolivienne C. Ermitaño (Manila, Philippines) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Martin Eden (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics) (Paperback)
Having read the book myself, I disagree with those who regard it an inspiring tale of personal triumph. To be sure, the book dramatizes the gut-wrenching, heart-wringing struggle of the protagonist, Martin Eden, to reinvent himself, through self-study, into a versatile writer of repute with a view to making himself worthy not only of his fiancée, Ruth Morse, but also of the bourgeois society to which she belongs and in which he seeks to gain membership despite his humble origins. But the book, as anyone who has read it conscientiously knows, ends on a tragic note: Martin Eden's suicide at the height of his success can't simply be discounted. Shouldn't this ending then provoke one into asking whether or not the book is truly the inspirational narrative that it is popularly regarded to be?

I believe it should.

In my view, the book is a cautionary tale of transcendence gone awry. How so? Martin Eden's tenacity of purpose is predicated on his a priori conviction that his fiancée and the bourgeoisie can value his intrinsic worth as an individual of potential. But alas! Much to his profound disillusionment, he discovers later on that his fiancée and the bourgeoisie have no appreciation at all (and can never have any) for what he is and what he's willing himself to be. Only when Fame and Fortune have already smiled on him are they prepared to regard him well - and only superficially so at that. In other words, Martin Eden realizes he is wrong in believing they can value him on his own terms, not on theirs; only his extrinsic worth as an individual of attainment matters to them, and like it or not, that's all he can ever expect of them.

That the force of realization is strong enough to dissipate his passion for living is hardly surprising. He has inadvertently foredoomed himself by obsessively seeking genuine affirmation from the people of the `wrong' sort. It can't be otherwise especially in view of his rigid sense of self-consistency, which prevents him from accepting the way things are and amending himself accordingly. Whether or not his suicide then is an act of lunacy, cowardice, or plain weakness, one thing is certain: it is arguably an act of repudiation like Kate Chopin's tragic heroine Edna Pontellier's in the Awakening. Their suicides, which coincidentally involved entombing themselves in watery graves, could be said to constitute the ultimate statement of defiance against their societies that have given them much sorrow.
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4.0 out of 5 stars London's life in fiction, 9 Feb 2000
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This review is from: Martin Eden (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics) (Paperback)
Most astute readers recognise the name Jack London and think:snow, howling hounds and macho adventure. Alongside his "boys-own-adventure" style novels London can be creditted with writing a few classic works and this people is one of them! In many respects Martin Eden is a mirror of London's own life: a rough seafarer educates himself, relentlessly pursues a literary career, succeeds becomes wealthy, rejects the falsity of his new life and seeks a way out. The novel should be read by anyone hoping to pursue a writing career, we see Eden crushed by rejection, with neither his work nor love finding an audience. what holds him back : lack of talent or his low class origins? We witness a writer's stuggle with himself as he attempts to fathom the nature of his failure and more importantly of his success. Martin Eden is not a pretty book, Martin Eden is not a pretty character but both are worth welcoming into your house. Lust, failure, rejection, love and fury. Its all here in black and white: buy it , read it, learn from it and most of all dream it! Along gritty read well worth the journey.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Like a song in a melancholy key, 5 Oct 2009
This review is from: Martin Eden (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics) (Paperback)
Isn't this book what truly great writing always tries to achieve? Truth! True, it is painful truth, heartbreaking, yet unfalteringly honest in its depiction of unrequited love, ambition, tiumph and tragedy. It's about what we all crave...beset by human needs and wants...love, admiration, and to some of us...a desperate need to better ourselves, to rise above the squalor, disappointment and degradation of life. Yet, as agonising as this novel sometimes may be, it holds a gloriously uplifting truth within it's pages...and it celebrates life and love to its utmost credit. 'Martin Eden' has delivered all of these things in spades...and this, truly, must be applauded.

Whilst it will appeal greatly to struggling writers, it should be noted that this novel is universal in its appeal. For here is a struggle that most of us have experienced, at least in part, at some point in out lives. Those who claim to have not, are either lying, or are not comfortable with exposing their wekanesses and failures (as Jack London so gracefully does here) or those people are incredibly blessed...and deserving only of our envy.

Buy this book...or don't buy it and borrow it from a friend or a library (as I did...trying to save money). You won't be disappointed. Have a tissue to hand, especially for reading the closing pages.

I can't praise it highly enough. I admit that I'm not very widely read, so I may find far better novels...but somehow I doubt many will get to the heart of truth quite in the same way as this did for me. I saw yself in these pages.

Happy reading!
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