Book Introduction | Martin Eden

Martin Eden

By Jack London

Translated by Ye Jin

ISBN：978-7-5194-4238-5

Introduction:

Martin Eden is a semi-autobiographical novel by American writer Jack London. The story tells the story of martin Eden, a young sailor, who accidentally meets miss Rose of high society, and is inspired by her, angry and self-taught, and begins a difficult creative career. Despite encountering walls everywhere, he still did not want to listen to Rose's arrangement to enter her father's office and become a "promising young man". Later, he suddenly came to work, and the manuscripts that had been returned were published one after another, becoming a popular writer. Relatives and friends who had previously looked down on him rushed to invite him to dinner, and even Rose, who had broken up with him, took the initiative to come to him and give him a hug. This made him see clearly the cold society of the world, and the wonderful illusion of love was completely shattered. In this autobiographical novel, Jack London not only writes about his own experience of reading and writing hard under the contempt of the mediocre bourgeoisie, but also explains his personal mixed Marxist view of class, Spencer's social Darwinism, and Nietzsche's "superman" social views.

About the Author:

Jack London (12 January 1876 – 22 November 1916), courtesy name John Griffith London, was an American realist writer. He has written a total of 19 novels, more than 150 short stories and stories, 3 plays, etc. His major works include: the novel collection "Son of the Wolf", the novella "The Call of the Wild", "Love of Life", "White Teeth", the novel "Sea Wolf", "Iron Hoof" and "Martin Eden".

Jack London's novels are known for portraying the strong vitality of people, and he repeatedly calls himself "I am Martin Eden", in other words, Martin Eden is Jack London. He incarnated as Martin Eden, like a portrait of his legendary successful counterattack: he never had enough to eat since he was a child, worked as a child laborer, sailor, and coolie, became a popular writer by virtue of self-education, a first love that was unforgettable but blocked by his lover's mother, fought bravely in suffering, persevered in dreams, arrived in loneliness, and saw through the world in life.

Slogan:

One of the most famous autobiographical novels in the history of world literature

★ "The Tramp" by Jack London's soul

★ Hundreds of millions of readers around the world hailed it as "America's Greatest Novel"

★ One of the top ten books recommended by Time Magazine in the United States

★ It was selected into the list of 100 classics of the twentieth century in the French newspaper Le Monde

Jack London (1876-1916), America's most famous worker-turned-writer. This book is his masterpiece and one of the most famous autobiographical novels in the history of world literature.

◎ Translator Ye Jin, formerly known as Ye Guangting, taught English professionally at the university and devoted himself to translating masterpieces of English and American literature after retirement.