For Whom the Bell Tolls

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For Whom the Bell Tolls | Critical Overview

When For Whom the Bell Tolls was published in 1940, Hemingway’s reputation as one of America’s most important writers was already well established. The new novel received overwhelmingly positive reviews from critics and the public alike, with many insisting that it was Hemingway’s best novel to date. It quickly became a bestseller, as the first printing’s 210,000 copies immediately sold out. In less than six months, that figure jumped to over 491,000. Michael Reynolds, in his assessment of the novel for the Virginia Quarterly Review, notes that a reviewer in the New...

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