THE one opened the door with alatch-key and went in,followedby
a young fellow who awkwardly removed his cap. He worerough clothes
that smacked of the sea, and he was manifestlyout ofplace in the
spacious hallin which he found himself.Hedid not know what to do
with his cap, and was stuffing it intohis coat pocket when the
other took it from him.The act wasdone quietly and naturally, and
the awkward young fellowappreciated it.“He understands, was his
thought.”“Hell seeme through all right.”
內容簡介:
LIVING in Oakland at the dawn of the 20th century, Martin Eden
struggles to rise far above his destitute proletarian
circumstances, the main driving force behind is his love forRuth
Morse. Because Eden is a rough,uneducated sailor from a working
class background, and the Morses are a bourgeoisfamily, a union
between them would be impossible until he reaches their level of
wealth and perceived cultural, intellectualrefmement. The novel
ends with Martin Edencommitting suicide by drowning; a detailwhich
undoubtedly contributed to whatresearcher Clarice Stasz calls the
“biographicalmyth” thatJack London''s own death was asuicide.
關於作者:
JACK LONDON (1876-1916),American author, journalist, and
social activist. He was a pioneerin the burgeoning world of
commercial magazine fiction and was one ofthe first fiction
writersto obtain worldwide celebrityand a large fortune from
hisFiction alone.London''s most famous novels are The Call of the
Wild,WhiteFang, The Sea-Wolf and MartinEden.Ina
letter,London''sMacmillan publisher GeorgePlatt Brett,Sr.said “he
believedJack''s fiction represented ''the very best kind of work''
done inAmerica.”