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For Whom the Bell Tolls : ウィキペディア英語版 | For Whom the Bell Tolls
''For Whom the Bell Tolls'' is a novel by Ernest Hemingway published in 1940. It tells the story of Robert Jordan, a young American in the International Brigades attached to a republican guerrilla unit during the Spanish Civil War. As a dynamiter, he is assigned to blow up a bridge during an attack on the city of Segovia. The novel is regarded as one of Hemingway's best works, along with ''The Sun Also Rises'', ''The Old Man and the Sea'', and ''A Farewell to Arms.'' == Background == Ernest Hemingway wrote ''For Whom the Bell Tolls'' in Havana, Cuba, Key West, Florida, and Sun Valley, Idaho, in 1939.〔http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/dailyfeatures/hunting-for-hemingway-in-yellowstone-country/article_1ec909fe-96bd-55f8-a7d6-a3224a6ec61d.html〕 In Cuba, he lived in the Hotel Ambos-Mundos where he worked on the manuscript.〔One source, however, says he began the book at (the Sevilla Biltmore Hotel ) and (finished it at "Finca Vigia" )〕 The novel was finished in July 1940 and published in October. It is based on Hemingway's experiences during the Spanish Civil War and features an American protagonist, named Robert Jordan, who fights with Spanish soldiers for the Republicans.〔 The characters in the novel include: those who are purely fictional, those based on real people but fictionalized, and those who were actual figures in the war. Set in the Sierra de Guadarrama mountain range between Madrid and Segovia, the action takes place during four days and three nights. ''For Whom the Bell Tolls'' became a Book of the Month Club choice, sold half a million copies within months, was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, and became a literary triumph for Hemingway. Published on 21 October 1940, the first edition print run was 75,000 copies priced at $2.75.〔Oliver, p. 106〕
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