For Whom the Bell Tolls

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• For Whom the Bell Tolls By Ernest Hemingway

  Ernest Hemingway said, My aim is to put down on paper what I see and what I feel in the best and simplest way. And that best and simplest way, that tough, terse, two-fisted prose, had a profound and lasting influence on American writing. Hemingway wo ... (read full critics)

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  I knew this was a book written about the Spanish Civil War but did not know much more about it other than that. I had assumed it was written over the period of the whole war and covered many aspects of the conflict. Only after I'd read it did I realize this story only covers one short part of the ... (continue)

  I knew this was a book written about the Spanish Civil War but did not know much more about it other than that. I had assumed it was written over the period of the whole war and covered many aspects of the conflict. Only after I'd read it did I realize this story only covers one short part of the war and lasts only 4 days. This is the story of an American, Robert Jordan, who has joined with the Republicans to fight the fascists in Spain and his group's efforts to blow up a bridge in support of their cause. The story was very well written and if I could say so is as good as "War and Peace" since it covers and the whole gamut of emotions from romanticism to disillusionment.

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  Stcin10 said on Mar 8, 2011 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

• My copy is nicer than the one pictured.

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  BenjClark said on Jan 30, 2010 | Add your feedback

• Female characters in this novel...

  There aren't any. Female charictitures, yes. But characters...no.

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  Katelyn said on Oct 5, 2008 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  I don't think much of Hemingway's writing, but this book went well in conjunction with The First Casualty, The Naked and the Dead, and Hiroshima. (I read them simultaneously.)

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  Missmath144 said on Mar 20, 2008 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Hardcover 507 Pages
• Edition: 1
• ISBN-10: 1117066037
• ISBN-13: 9781117066035
• Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
• Pub date: Jan 01, 1940
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