The most vital and original character Jack London ever created. English original edition- Martin Eden (a semiautobiographical novel) is the most vital and original character Jack London ever created. Set in San Francisco, this is the story of Martin Eden, an impoverished seaman who pursues, obsessively and ag-gressively, dreams of education and literary fame. Jack London (1876-1916), pseudonym of John Griffith Chaney, was an American novelist and short-story writer whose best-known works-among them The Call of the Wild (1903) and White Fang (1906)-depict elemental struggles for survival. During the 20th century he was one of the most extensively translated of American authors. Il Disoriente A paperback and e-book series published by Intra. Global readability, Italian charm.