There are some similarities between American writer Jack London's Martin Eden and Uzbek writer Abdullah Qahhor's “Sarob”. The author himself, in his literary-critical articles and speeches, in several places focuses on the work of Jack London and the novel "Martin Eden". These facts and data show that Abdullah Qahhor was well acquainted with both Jack London and his novel Martin Eden, which suggests that the Uzbek writer was influenced by a novel of an American writer.