>Plot Summary: Martin Eden, a working-class sailor, feels alienated from both his rough origins and the refined world of Ruth Morse, a woman he loves. Through self-education and determination, he becomes a successful writer, amassing wealth and fame. However, his alienation deepens as he finds the literary world shallow, leading to disillusionment.
>Why It Resonates: Martin’s relentless pursuit of success through individual effort appeals to loners who seek to overcome their outsider status through achievement.
480 pages... This any good?
it's pretty cringe poorfag incel wish fulfillment
>>24583676Okay. But is it any good, have you read it?
>>24583533 (OP)Anyone read Star Rover by London?
I read it a long time ago, partly because I enjoyed Jack London's other work and also because it's mentioned in Nabokov's novel Pnin. As far as I remember it is similar to a lot of books in the sense that there are a few really meaningful, relatable and profound sentences in a plot which is, as far as I remember, basically about a hugely ambitious seething loner type whose stories are rejected countless times before he makes it, with the female character (who I think he rescues at the start of the book) and her family playing a kind of consistent role as his social status improves. He kills himself at the end, but I don't remember why. There are some novels which are written in a style and during a period which for some reason or other just don't really touch me very deeply and are frankly quite boring overall. Compare that to a more modern writer and I enjoy modern prose much more, probably because the setting etc is more relatable. It was okay, and was relatable when I was a seething ambitious young man.
>>24583700I provided a declarative statement that clearly expresses my subjective opinion on the book. So what do you think? Did I read it? Did I like it?
>>24583533 (OP)why is this character so similar to the guy in sea wolf? is he just constantly writing about his self insert?
>>24584069his only good novels are the ones where a dog is the main character
>>24584085Which ones? Call of the wild?
