For Whom the Bell Tolls (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780684803357)

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.

Author: Ernest Hemingway
ISBN-10: 0684803356
ISBN-13: 9780684803357
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Language: English
Published: 07/01/1995
Pages: 480
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.78lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.25w x 1.00d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.8
Point Value: 28
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 12783 / For Whom the Bell Tolls


Review Citation(s):
Newsweek 04/20/2009 pg. 10