The book includes Jack London's best novel - "Martin Eden", about the tragedy of the artist, a talented person in bourgeois society. This is one of the notable problems of American and world literature at the turn of the XIX-XX centuries. In addition, a group of stories and the story "Mexican" are included - the best example of this genre in the work of London. Translated by E. Kalashnikova, N. Gal, N. St. George and . Gourova, A. Eleon, N. Bannikova, N. Daruses, 3. Alexandrova, E. Korzheva, M. Lorie, N. Man, M. The Pope, M. Urnova . Introductory article and notes P. Samarina . Illustrations by P. Pinkisevich