![]() 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. 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. LINKS TO THE INTERNET See The Spanish Revolution and Civil War. If your student or child likes the book, give him or her any of the collections of Hemingway’s short stories, A Farewell to Arms, or The Old Man and the Sea. Robert Jordan, a young American in the International Brigades, is attached to an antifascist guerilla unit in the mountains of Spain. For Whom the Bell Tolls is an excellent introduction to Hemingway. Three years later he completed the greatest novel to emerge from “the good fight” and one of the foremost classics of war literature.įor Whom the Bell Tolls tells of loyalty and courage, love and defeat, and the tragic death of an ideal. In 1937 Ernest Hemingway traveled to Spain to cover the civil war there for the North American Newspaper Alliance. FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS: The Spanish Civil War In 1937, thousands of Americans from all walks of life volunteered to fight in a poorly equipped army overseas, with no support from their own government. ![]() 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. ![]()
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