Martin Eden (Annotated‪)‬

Martin Eden is a 1909 book by American author Jack London about a young proletarian autodidact struggling to become a writer. It was first serialized in the Pacific Monthly magazine from September 1908 to September 1909 and published in book form by Macmillan in September 1909.

Eden represents writers' frustration with publishers by speculating that when he mails off a manuscript, a "cunning arrangement of cogs" immediately puts it in a new envelope and returns it automatically with a rejection slip. 


This edition has been formatted for your reader, with an active table of contents.  This edition has also been annotated, with additional information about the book and Jack London, including an overview, background, plot, characters, references in other media, biographical and bibliographical information.