✍ Scribed by Jack London
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
« Martin Eden no es sólo la crónica novelada de una existencia, también es la de una muerte: la de un hombre a quien ni el dinero ni la gloria pudieron redimir de su destino fatal.» Javier Memba
Un marinero de veinte años, fuerte, guapo y curtido, con un historial de delincuencia y trabajo rudo, es invitado casi por accidente a cenar en un hogar pequeño burgués. Él, que sólo ha visto un óleo en los escaparates de las tiendas, que no tiene ni idea de lo que es un lavafrutas, queda fascinado ante lo que sus ojos le presentan como cultura y civilización. «Soy como un navegante a la deriva ?le confiesa a la hija de la casa?, sin cartas ni compás en un mar desconocido. Pero me gustaría encontrar el rumbo. Tal vez usted pueda ayudarme. ¿Dónde ha aprendido tanto?» A partir de este momento el joven siente que tiene «un mundo por conquistar», y la muchacha que lo acoge piensa que debe salvarlo «de la maldición del ambiente en que había nacido» e incluso «de sí mismo a pesar...
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The one opened the door with a latch-key and went in, followed by a young fellow who awkwardly removed his cap. He wore rough clothes that smacked of the sea, and he was manifestly out of place in the spacious hall in which he found himself. He did not know what to do with his cap, and was stuffing