To Have and Have Not (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Ernest Hemingway
- First Published: 1937
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: The mid-1930’s, during the Great Depression
- Setting: Florida and the Caribbean
- Principal Characters: Harry Morgan, Marie Morgan, Richard Gordon, Helen Gordon, Albert Tracy, Eddy
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: Caribbean, Class conflict, Murder or homicide, 1930’s, Florida, Corruption, Gangsters, Organized crime, Fishing or fishermen, Boats or boating
- Locales: Caribbean, Florida
The Novel
Hemingway’s most episodic novel, To Have and Have Not is arguably his one book in which the sum of the parts does not equal the individual fragments. It certainly is his one novel that does not maintain artistic unity. Although filled with vivid writing and peopled with memorable characters, the book is weak as a novel. In fact, Hemingway was on record as saying that it was conceived as separate short stories although eventually published as a novel.
The first chapters of the novel focus on Harry Morgan’s efforts to support himself and his family....
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