A rough young sailor educates himself into a successful writer to win a bourgeois woman's love, only to find disillusionment and despair once fame finally arrives.
Books mentioned in Martin Eden (12)
First Principles by Herbert Spencer: “Martin was puzzled as to what the discussion was about, but when he rode on to the library he carried with him a new-born interest in Herbert Spencer, and because of the frequency with which the tramp had mentioned "First Principles," Martin drew out that volume.”
The Principles of Psychology by Herbert Spencer: “Once before he had tried Spencer, and choosing the "Principles of Psychology" to begin with, he had failed as abjectly as he had failed with Madam Blavatsky.”
An Autobiography by Herbert Spencer: “At home was several hours' hack-work waiting for him before he went to bed, and after he went to bed there was a volume of Weismann waiting for him, to say nothing of Herbert Spencer's Autobiography, which was as replete for him with romance as any thrilling novel.”
The Secret Doctrine by Helena Blavatsky: “And when he left the library, he carried under his arm four volumes: Madam Blavatsky's "Secret Doctrine," "Progress and Poverty," "The Quintessence of Socialism," and, "Warfare of Religion and Science."”
Progress and Poverty by Henry George: “And when he left the library, he carried under his arm four volumes: Madam Blavatsky's "Secret Doctrine," "Progress and Poverty," "The Quintessence of Socialism," and, "Warfare of Religion and Science."”
The Quintessence of Socialism by Albert Schäffle: “And when he left the library, he carried under his arm four volumes: Madam Blavatsky's "Secret Doctrine," "Progress and Poverty," "The Quintessence of Socialism," and, "Warfare of Religion and Science."”
The Princess by Alfred Tennyson: “She read to him much from "The Princess," and often he saw her eyes swimming with tears, so finely was her aesthetic nature strung.”
The Bottle Imp by Robert Louis Stevenson: “The critics were unanimous in the belief that it would take its place with those two classics by two great writers, "The Bottle Imp" and "The Magic Skin."”
The Wild Ass's Skin by Honoré de Balzac: “The critics were unanimous in the belief that it would take its place with those two classics by two great writers, "The Bottle Imp" and "The Magic Skin."”
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding by John Locke: “Locke was the man, John Locke. Two hundred years ago—more than that, even in his ‘Essay concerning the Human Understanding,’ he proved the non-existence of innate ideas.”
The Cycle of Life by C. W. Saleeby: “He drew out "The Cycle of Life," and on the car turned to the essay Norton had mentioned on Spencer.”
The Age of Fable by Thomas Bulfinch: “Then he stumbled upon Gayley's "Classic Myths" and Bulfinch's "Age of Fable," side by side on a library shelf.”
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John Barleycorn by Jack London: “Critics have complained about the swift education one of my characters, Martin Eden, achieved.”