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For Whom The Bell Tolls
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Manufacturer: New York Scribners 1940.
Author: Ernest Hemingway
Publisher: New York Scribners 1940.
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For Whom The Bell Tolls Description
Binding: Hardcover
EAN: 9781117066035
ISBN: 1117066037
Label: New York Scribners 1940.
Manufacturer: New York Scribners 1940.
Book Pages: 410
Publication Date: 1940
Publisher: New York Scribners 1940.
Studio: New York Scribners 1940.
EAN: 9781117066035
ISBN: 1117066037
Label: New York Scribners 1940.
Manufacturer: New York Scribners 1940.
Book Pages: 410
Publication Date: 1940
Publisher: New York Scribners 1940.
Studio: New York Scribners 1940.
Editorial Review of For Whom The Bell Tolls
Reprint by P. F. Collier and Sons.
Customer Reviews of For Whom The Bell Tolls
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Review Summary: Hemingway's best novel
Review: For whom The Bell Tolls
For whom The Bell Tolls is probably my favorite novel by Hemingway. It is a story told during the Spanish Civil War of an American, Robert Jordan, who fights as a guerilla who knows how to blow up things, especially trains. It helps if you speak a little Spanish
Hemingway uses it scattered through out the story.
Gunner September, 2007
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Hemingway at his best
Review:
It's difficult to point at one work of a writer like Ernest Hemingway and claim it to be the best, but that is the claim that I would make for "For Whom the Bell Tolls."
This is a story that captures both the true spirit and the doubtful minds of war. It portrays both courage and cowardice, in the beautifully descriptive words that Hemingway was known for. His main character Robert Jordan is an American college instructor who leaves his job to take part in the Spanish Revolution, with a strong conviction in his heart and truly believing that he can make a difference. The story encompasses a time frame of slightly less than three days, during which he plots to blow a strategic bridge at precisely the right time. In those three days he falls in love with a young Spanish girl in the encampment where he is awaiting that moment and is involved in a character conflict with one of the guerrilla fighters by the name of Pablo.
This is a well paced story and never boring, with action suspense and romance, all coming together in a setting where you can feel the cold and smell the forest in the way that only Hemingway can describe it. A splendid and beautifully told story that I would recommend to anyone of any age or gender. For that reason I would place "For Whom the Bell Tolls" at the top of the heap among all of his works.
In my opinion this great story is the pinnacle of Hemingway's talent. A must read for anyone interested in great literature.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Please Re-read
Review: I object to the previous review of this book. I do not believe that the book glorifies anything about war. One needs to take the time to research the names presented in the book and then the book will make more sense. Hemingway had no idea the Internet would ever be invented. He named "names" that no one would have really had access to in his time. We do now. And I am no one to second guess Hemingway.
Would anyone say that Robert Jordan was having a good time? I think not. Let us also remember that one cannot write, with such vivid detail, that which Hemingway wrote about in FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS without actually having been there himself. He knew then and if we would only know now. Hemingway is not for everyone...besides OLD MAN AND THE SEA.
Review Summary: Hemingway's best novel
Review: For whom The Bell Tolls
For whom The Bell Tolls is probably my favorite novel by Hemingway. It is a story told during the Spanish Civil War of an American, Robert Jordan, who fights as a guerilla who knows how to blow up things, especially trains. It helps if you speak a little Spanish
Hemingway uses it scattered through out the story.
Gunner September, 2007
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Hemingway at his best
Review:
It's difficult to point at one work of a writer like Ernest Hemingway and claim it to be the best, but that is the claim that I would make for "For Whom the Bell Tolls."
This is a story that captures both the true spirit and the doubtful minds of war. It portrays both courage and cowardice, in the beautifully descriptive words that Hemingway was known for. His main character Robert Jordan is an American college instructor who leaves his job to take part in the Spanish Revolution, with a strong conviction in his heart and truly believing that he can make a difference. The story encompasses a time frame of slightly less than three days, during which he plots to blow a strategic bridge at precisely the right time. In those three days he falls in love with a young Spanish girl in the encampment where he is awaiting that moment and is involved in a character conflict with one of the guerrilla fighters by the name of Pablo.
This is a well paced story and never boring, with action suspense and romance, all coming together in a setting where you can feel the cold and smell the forest in the way that only Hemingway can describe it. A splendid and beautifully told story that I would recommend to anyone of any age or gender. For that reason I would place "For Whom the Bell Tolls" at the top of the heap among all of his works.
In my opinion this great story is the pinnacle of Hemingway's talent. A must read for anyone interested in great literature.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Please Re-read
Review: I object to the previous review of this book. I do not believe that the book glorifies anything about war. One needs to take the time to research the names presented in the book and then the book will make more sense. Hemingway had no idea the Internet would ever be invented. He named "names" that no one would have really had access to in his time. We do now. And I am no one to second guess Hemingway.
Would anyone say that Robert Jordan was having a good time? I think not. Let us also remember that one cannot write, with such vivid detail, that which Hemingway wrote about in FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS without actually having been there himself. He knew then and if we would only know now. Hemingway is not for everyone...besides OLD MAN AND THE SEA.