... Abyss "The People of the Abyss" gives a firsthand account of the poor, the menial workers, the homeless, and the perpetually unemployed among whom he lived in the slums of London's East End at the turn of the century. It is a sensitive portrayal of daily life on the margins of society that culminates in a searing indictment of modern industrialism's mistreatment of workers ... 's army, secret police, and terrorist gangs. Few people anticipated that out of this terrible defeat would emerge the triumphant Russian revolution of 1917..." 1909 Martin Eden Set in San Francisco, this is the sto...

• Word Count: 1888
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

... The Iron Heel (1908), which became very popular in the Soviet Union, THE CRUISE OF THE SNARK (1911), a travel book from his journeys in South Pacific, and semi-autobiographical MARTIN EDEN (1909), London's most ambitious novel. A few months before his death, London resigned from the Socialist Party. Debts, alcoholism, illness, and fear of losing his creativity darkened the author's last years ... a cabin boy, Van Weyden often argues with Wolf Larsen about all things in the universe. They end up discussing the philosophy of life multiple times. Soon, a pretty scholaress from the east of ...

• Word Count: 2465
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School