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Ernest Hemingway

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Ernest Miller Hemingway was an American author and journalist who wrote seven novels, six collections of short stories, and two works of non-fiction during his lifetime. Three novels, four collections of short stories, and three non-fiction autobiographical works were published after his death in 1961. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954. Hemingway was born in Oak Park, Illinois. After high school, he worked as a reporter before serving as an ambulance driver in World War I, where he was seriously injured. He married Hadley Richardson in 1922 and moved to Paris, where he became a foreign correspondent and was influenced by the 1920s expatriate "Lost Generation." His first novel, The Sun Also Rises, was written in 1924. He later married Pauline Pfeiffer and Martha Gellhorn, and covered the Spanish Civil War. He wrote For Whom the Bell Tolls and lived in Cuba, where he also covered World War II. He married Mary Welsh Hemingway and wrote Across the River and Into the Trees. His most famous work, The Old Man and the Sea, was published in 1952. Hemingway's writing style was marked by brevity and understatement, and his works are considered classics of American literature.

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1899

Where to start with Ernest Hemingway

Begin with The Sun Also Rises, Hemingway’s first novel and a foundational work of the Lost Generation. It captures his early style and themes of disillusionment and existential searching among expatriates in 1920s Europe. After this, proceed with A Farewell to Arms, which continues his exploration of war, love, and personal loss, set during World War I. Next, read For Whom the Bell Tolls, a novel centered on the Spanish Civil War, deepening his examination of courage and moral complexity. Then turn to The Old Man and the Sea, a standalone novella that exemplifies his later, more distilled prose and enduring focus on endurance and dignity. The remaining works, including short story collections like Men Without Women and non-fiction such as Death in the Afternoon and Green Hills of Africa, follow in publication order to trace the evolution of his voice and concerns.

Books by Ernest Hemingway

  1. Cover of Across the River and into the Trees
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  2. Cover of Indian camp
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  3. Cover of For Whom the Bell Tolls
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  4. Cover of Winner Take Nothing
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  5. Cover of The fifth column
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  6. Cover of The Snows of Kilimanjaro
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  7. Cover of Death in the Afternoon
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  8. Cover of The Sun Also Rises
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  9. Cover of The Torrents of Spring
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  10. Cover of A Clean, Well-Lighted Place
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  11. Cover of In our time
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  12. Cover of The Old Man and the Sea
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  13. Cover of A Farewell to Arms
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  14. Cover of To Have and Have Not
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  15. Cover of Men Without Women
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  16. Cover of Green Hills of Africa
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  17. Cover of The garden of Eden
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  18. Cover of The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories
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  19. Cover of Islands in the Stream
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  20. Cover of Moveable Feast
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  21. Cover of True at first light
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  22. Cover of The short happy life of Francis Macomber
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  23. Cover of The dangerous summer
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  24. Cover of Big Two-Hearted River
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  25. Cover of The Undefeated
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  26. Cover of Under Kilimanjaro
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  27. Cover of 88 poems

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