{"product_id":"9781499744484","title":"Martin Eden: Original and Unabridged","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMartin Eden\u003c\/b\u003e, by American author \u003ci\u003eJack London\u003c\/i\u003e, is about a young proletarian autodidact struggling to become a writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEden represents writer' 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. The central theme of Eden's developing artistic sensibilities places the novel in the tradition of the Künstlerroman, in which is narrated the formation and development of an artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEden differs from London in that Eden rejects socialism, attacking it as \"slave morality\", and relies on a Nietzschean individualism. In a note to Upton Sinclair, London wrote, \"One of my motifs, in this book, was an attack on individualism (in the person of the hero). I must have bungled, for not a single reviewer has discovered it.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CreateSpace Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46364454224113,"sku":"9781499744484","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781499744484_p0.jpg?v=1765097652","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781499744484","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}