Nov 18, 2008

For Whom the Bell Tolls | For Whom the Bell Tolls

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Author: Ernest Hemingway
First Published: 1940
Type of Work: Novel
Type of Plot: Impressionistic realism
Time of Work: 1937
Setting: Spain
Genres: Long fiction, Impressionistic literature
Subjects: Love or romance, Courage, 1930’s, Guerrillas or guerrilla warfare, Civil wars, Spain or Spanish people, Gypsies, Bridges
Locales: Spain

Characters Discussed

Robert Jordan, an American expatriate schoolteacher who has joined the Loyalist forces in Spain. Disillusioned with the world and dissatisfied with his own country, Jordan has come to Spain to fight and die, if necessary, for a cause he knows is vital and worthwhile: that of the native peasant free souls against the totalitarian cruelty of Francisco Franco and his Fascists. He is, however, aware of the contrast between his ideals and the realities he has found among narrow, self-important, selfish, bloodthirsty men capable of betrayal and cruelty as well as...

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For Whom the Bell Tolls | For Whom the Bell Tolls

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