{"product_id":"2940169491272","title":"Martin Eden","description":"\u003cp\u003eSmitten with a beautiful and cultivated young woman, a bright but uncultured sailor determines to better himself intellectually and socially. Martin Eden turns his attention and energy from drinking and brawling to an aggressive pursuit of self-education through reading. Martin's determined striving leads to a resolve to become a writer himself, but his success comes at the price of disillusionment, leaving him stranded between his proletariat origins and the bourgeois world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1909, Jack London's semi-autobiographical novel reflects the painful struggles with learning that led to his eventual achievement of literary fame. Martin Eden addresses the author's internal conflict between his dream of a cooperative socialist utopia and his survival-of-the-fittest evolutionary views.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWidely considered London's most mature work, the book abounds in memorable characters and settings as well as thought-provoking explorations of the nature of love, the importance of remaining true to personal aspirations rather than others' expectations, and the injustice of class divisions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TCP Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47104530153712,"sku":"2940169491272","price":0.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169491272_p0.jpg?v=1763684077","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169491272","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}