bills_fan Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 A couple of my favorites not yet mentioned... Jack London, Martin Eden Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises Jack Kerouac, On The Road F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 A couple of my favorites not yet mentioned... Jack London, Martin Eden Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises Jack Kerouac, On The Road F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby The last 3 are 3 of my favorites as well. I have not read that London book, but really enjoyed White Fang. All other Hemingway books are brilliant too IMO and Dharma Bums is another great Kerouac book Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bills_fan Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 The last 3 are 3 of my favorites as well. I have not read that London book, but really enjoyed White Fang. All other Hemingway books are brilliant too IMO and Dharma Bums is another great Kerouac book Jack London is really an unappreciated author, beyond the obvious White Fang and Call of the Wild. If you want a good one for the summer, pick up Martin Eden. Many think its London's autobiography, as a struggling young writer. Here is a summary if you want, personally, I would just read it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Eden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 Jack London is really an unappreciated author, beyond the obvious White Fang and Call of the Wild. If you want a good one for the summer, pick up Martin Eden. Many think its London's autobiography, as a struggling young writer. Here is a summary if you want, personally, I would just read it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Eden Thanks for the recommendation- I am always looking for good books. I read quickly through that summary and it reminded me of another fantastic book- A Portrait of a Young Man as an Artist- James Joyce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In space no one can hear Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 Jack London is really an unappreciated author, beyond the obvious White Fang and Call of the Wild. If you want a good one for the summer, pick up Martin Eden. Many think its London's autobiography, as a struggling young writer. Here is a summary if you want, personally, I would just read it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Eden Jack London, Buffalo factoid: He was arrested for vagrancy in Buffalo and was sentenced to 30 days in jail. (the jail was in the Black Rock area) London claimed afterward that it was his imprisonment in Buffalo and his witnessing of prisoner abuse that had made him a Socialist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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