Author: | Jack London | ISBN: | 9781411436138 |
Publisher: | Barnes & Noble | Publication: | February 8, 2011 |
Imprint: | Barnes & Noble | Language: | English |
Author: | Jack London |
ISBN: | 9781411436138 |
Publisher: | Barnes & Noble |
Publication: | February 8, 2011 |
Imprint: | Barnes & Noble |
Language: | English |
Published in 1909, this semi-autobiographical novel concerns the struggles of the eponymous hero, an aspiring writer, born into poverty, who seeks to achieve bourgeois respectability in order to win the love of Ruth Morse, a university-educated young woman of a higher social class. Though he attains literary success, it does not bring happiness.
Published in 1909, this semi-autobiographical novel concerns the struggles of the eponymous hero, an aspiring writer, born into poverty, who seeks to achieve bourgeois respectability in order to win the love of Ruth Morse, a university-educated young woman of a higher social class. Though he attains literary success, it does not bring happiness.