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Quite frankly, not the author's forte.
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Several of my friends have this novel marked as "to-read", but I have bragging rights as the first to do so. I visited Jack London's "ranch" in the Santa Rosa CA area a few months ago, which motivated me to read another of his novels. I had read White Fang in 2018, but I still haven't read The Call of the Wild; I plan to read that next year.
On a five-star scale I rate Martin Eden three and two-thirds, so rounded up to four stars. I did enjoy the way he told this character's story of transition, ...more
On a five-star scale I rate Martin Eden three and two-thirds, so rounded up to four stars. I did enjoy the way he told this character's story of transition, ...more
Reason Read: TBR takedown, Reading 1001. 1909 novel by Jack London. Eden explores socialism but refers to it as "slave morality" and Nietzschean individualism. So one of the main themes is social class, individualism versus socialism. Another is machinery. This is not my favorite book by London. I did not like how self absorbed the main character was. He was always comparing himself as better, smarter than others. In the end, Eden doesn't fit in with anyone anymore. He is disconnected from other
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A classic that felt so relevant in today's atmosphere on so many levels.
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May 23, 2010
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