Martin Eden

Jack London

⏱ 8 minAmerican classic

A poor, powerful working-class sailor, dazzled by a refined girl and the world of books, drives himself by superhuman will to become a writer and win her, only to find that success, when it comes at last, is ashes. London's searing semi-autobiographical novel.

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