1940 FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS ERNEST HEMINGWAY 1ST ED!!!

FOR WHOM

THE BELL TOLLS

Ernest Hemingway; 1940; First Edition, Early Printing; Charles Scribner's Sons; 471 Pages; 5.9"x 8.7"; Rare!!

Great for any fan of the Legendary Author or Bestselling Award-Winning Classic or Collector!!!

Attributes:

A Lovely, original off white cloth cover design with black facsimile signature to front and red/black detail to binding, 1940 to title page, and an Epic Classic Story!!!

Summary:

For Whom the Bell Tolls is a novel by Ernest Hemingway published in 1940. It tells the story of Robert Jordan, a young American in the International Brigades attached to a communist guerilla unit during the Spanish Civil War. As an expert in the use of explosives, he is assigned to blow up a bridge during an attack on the city of Segovia. This novel is widely regarded to be among Hemingway's greatest works, along with The Sun Also Rises, The Old Man and the Sea, and A Farewell to Arms.

This novel is told primarily through the thoughts and experiences of Robert Jordan, a character inspired by Hemingway's own experiences in the Spanish Civil War. Robert Jordan is an American who travels to Spain to oppose the fascist forces of Francisco Franco.

A superior has ordered him to travel behind enemy lines and destroy a bridge, using the aid of a group of guerrillas who have been living in the mountains nearby. Robert Jordan encounters one of those in their camp, María, a young Spanish native whose life has been shattered by the outbreak of the war. His strong sense of duty clashes with both Republican partisan leader Pablo's fear and unwillingness to commit to a covert operation which would have repercussions and his own joie de vivre that is kindled by his newfound love for María.  The novel graphically describes the brutality of civil war.

Background:

Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American writer and journalist. He was part of the 1920s expatriate community in Paris, and one of the veterans of World War I later known as "the Lost Generation." He received the Pulitzer Prize in 1953 for The Old Man and the Sea, and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954.

Hemingway's distinctive writing style is characterized by economy and understatement, and had a significant influence on the development of twentieth-century fiction writing. His protagonists are typically stoical men who exhibit an ideal described as "grace under pressure." Many of his works are now considered classics of American literature.

Hemingway wrote For Whom the Bell Tolls in Cuba, Key West, and Sun Valley, Idaho in 1939. In Cuba, he lived in the Hotel Ambos. The novel was finished in July 1940, and published in Octobr. The novel is based on his experiences during the Spanish Civil War, with an American protagonist named Robert Jordan fighting with Spanish soldiers on the Republican side. The novel has three types of characters: fictional; those based on real people but fictionalized; and those who were actual figures in the war. Set in Andalusia, in the town of Ronda, the action takes place during four days and three nights. For Whom the Bell Tolls became a Book-of-the-month choice, sold half a million copies within months, was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, and became a literary triumph for Hemingway.  In 1944, the novel was adapted to film, starring Gary Cooper and Ingrid Bergman.

Condition:

Condition is Very Good.  Small wear to edges, pages are very good, owner's signature july 1940; hinges/text block are very good.  Overall, for close to 70 years old its in Very Good Condition!!!