Length15h 4m
About this audiobook
Jack London’s Martin Eden is a searing and semi-autobiographical novel that traces the brutal ascent—and devastating cost—of self-made success. Set in the vibrant, turn-of-the-century San Francisco Bay Area, it is the story of a rugged, uneducated sailor who, inspired by a woman from a cultured bourgeois family, embarks on a grueling intellectual and artistic odyssey.
Driven by an obsessive desire to prove his worth and win love, Martin Eden immerses himself in literature, philosophy, and science, enduring poverty, rejection, and crushing loneliness in his quest to become a celebrated writer. His journey is a double-edged sword: as he forges himself into a literary powerhouse, he becomes painfully disillusioned with the very society he sought to join. He sees its hypocrisy, its spiritual emptiness, and the shallow values it prizes.
A powerful exploration of class, individualism, and the American Dream, Martin Eden asks a haunting question: What happens when you achieve everything you thought you wanted, only to find it meaningless? London masterfully captures the torment of the artist, the clash between raw talent and genteel convention, and the profound alienation that can lie at the heart of triumph.
This is a timeless tragedy of idealism and disenchantment, cementing its place as one of the most compelling and deeply personal novels in American literature.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.4 (70.8K)
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GenreGeneral Fiction
Length15 hrs 4 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1CHAPTER I
24CHAPTER XXIV
2CHAPTER II
25CHAPTER XXV
3CHAPTER III
26CHAPTER XXVI
4CHAPTER IV
27CHAPTER XXVII
5CHAPTER V
28CHAPTER XXVIII
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6CHAPTER VI
29CHAPTER XXIX
7CHAPTER VII
30CHAPTER XXX
8CHAPTER VIII
31CHAPTER XXXI
9CHAPTER IX
32CHAPTER XXXII
10CHAPTER X
33CHAPTER XXXIII
11CHAPTER XI
34CHAPTER XXXIV
12CHAPTER XII
35CHAPTER XXXV
13CHAPTER XIII
36CHAPTER XXXVI
14CHAPTER XIV
37CHAPTER XXXVII
15CHAPTER XV
38CHAPTER XXXVIII
16CHAPTER XVI
39CHAPTER XXXIX
17CHAPTER XVII
40CHAPTER XL
18CHAPTER XVIII
41CHAPTER XLI
19CHAPTER XIX
42CHAPTER XLII
20CHAPTER XX
43CHAPTER XLIII
21CHAPTER XXI
44CHAPTER XLIV
22CHAPTER XXII
45CHAPTER XLV
23CHAPTER XXIII
46CHAPTER XLVI
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