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For Whom the Bell Tolls Compact disc - 2006

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Author: Hemingway, Ernest
ISBN: 9780743564380

by Ernest Hemingway; Read by Campbell Scott

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Ernest Hemingway's masterpiece on war, love, loyalty, and honor tells the story of Robert Jordan, an antifascist American fighting in the Spanish Civil War. In 1937 Ernest Hemingway traveled to Spain to cover the civil war there for the North American Newspaper Alliance. Three years later he completed the greatest novel to emerge from "the good fight" and one of the foremost classics of war literature. For Whom the Bell Tolls tells of loyalty and courage, love and defeat, and the tragic death of an ideal. Robert Jordan, a young American in the International Brigades, is attached to an antifascist guerilla unit in the mountains of Spain. In his portrayal of Jordan's love for the beautiful Maria and his superb account of a guerilla leader's last stand, Hemingway creates a work at once rare and beautiful, strong and brutal, compassionate, moving, and wise. Greater in power, broader in scope, and more intensely emotional than any of the author's previous works, For Whom the Bell Tolls stands as one of the best war novels ever written.

Details

Title For Whom the Bell Tolls
Author Ernest Hemingway; Read by Campbell Scott
Binding Compact Disc
Edition Unabridged
Pages 16
Volumes 16
Language ENG
Publisher Simon & Schuster Audio, New York
Date May 1, 2006
Features Unabridged
ISBN 9780743564380 / 0743564383
Weight 0.93 lbs (0.42 kg)
Dimensions 6.08 x 5.14 x 1.71 in (15.44 x 13.06 x 4.34 cm)
Themes
- Chronological Period: 1930's
- Cultural Region: Central Europe
Library of Congress subjects War stories, Audiobooks
Dewey Decimal Code FIC

About the author

Ernest Hemingway did more to change the style of English prose than any other writer of his time. Publication of The Sun Also Rises and A Farewell to Arms immediately established Hemingway as one of the greatest literary lights of the twentieth century. His classic novel The Old Man and the Sea won the Pulitzer Prize in 1953. Hemingway was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954. His life and accomplishments are explored in-depth in the PBS documentary film from Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, Hemingway. Known for his larger-than-life personality and his passions for bullfighting, fishing, and big-game hunting, he died in Ketchum, Idaho on July 2, 1961. Campbell Scott directed the film Off The Map, and received the best actor award from the National Board of Review for his performance in Roger Dodger. His other films include The Secret Lives of Dentists, The Dying Gaul, Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle and Big Night, which he also co-directed.