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Martin Eden, a simple sailor, accidentally finds himself in a social circle and falls in love with Ruth Morse, a girl from a wealthy family... He decides to win her love at any cost, to change his life and become a famous writer. But it is not known whether his dreams will come true, whether they will bring happiness...

This novel, which tells the story of an ordinary person who has achieved success, about finding a place in life, the pangs of creativity and the pangs of love, turned out to be prophetic: Jack London largely repeated the fate of his hero.