马丁·伊登（译文名著精选）（Martin Eden (Selected translation masterwork)）

杰克·伦敦是美国最著名的工人出身的作家，《马丁·伊登》是他著名的自传体小说。主人公青年水手马丁·伊登出于偶然，结识了上流社会的一位小姐罗丝，受到她的启发，发愤自学，以自己丰富多彩的经历为素材，开始了艰苦的创作生涯。尽管处处碰壁，他仍不愿听从罗丝的安排，进她父亲的事务所，做个"有为青年"。后来他突然时来运转，以前被退回的稿件纷纷得到发表，成为当红作家。以前看不起他的亲友都争先恐后地来请他吃饭，连已和他决裂的罗丝也主动前来投怀送抱。这使他看清了这个世态炎凉的社会，对爱情所抱的美妙幻想也彻底破灭......作为一部青年成长小说，《马丁·伊登》受到一代代青年读者的欢迎。 （Jack London is a famous American author with a working background. Martin Eden is a famous autobiographical novel of Jack London. The protagonist Martin Eden , a young sailor, gets to know an upper-class lady Ruth and starts his difficult self-education writing career by taking his own colorful experience as materials. His principal motivation is Ruth. Although he hits against a wall everywhere, he is still unwilling to follow Ruth's arrangement to join her father's office and become a promising youth. Later, a good fortune befell him suddenly. His manuscripts have been rejected before are published and he becomes a popular writer. Those relatives and friends looked down upon him in the past fall over each other to present their dinner invitations to him and Ruth who has broken with him also throws herself on him. Consequently, he sees the society inconstancy of human relationships clearly and also shatters the wonderful fantasy to love thoroughly. As a novel related to a youth's growth, Martin Eden is popular among young readers from one generation to another. ）