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This is a good collection of Hemingway’s writing and a few collected speeches of the man. He is a fine writer. He earned the fame an notoriety that came to him.
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The Ernest Hemingway Audio Collection
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Nobel Prize-winning giant Ernest Hemingway is widely considered one of the greatest American authors of the Twentieth Century. Here, listeners can experience his riveting style both from his own voice and from one of America's most esteemed actors.
The Snows of Kilimanjaro: Performed by Charlton Heston, I this is a classic story of a hard-drinking, ruthless and womanizing world adventurer who comes face-to-face with the one antagonist he cannot conquer: his own ignoble and imminent death.
The Old Man and the Sea: Also performed by Heston and nominated for a Grammy, this recording of Hemingway's Pulitzer Prize-winning story is a perfect example of his literary I precision.
Ernest Hemingway Reads: A rich sampling of Hemingway's brilliant, multifaceted writing which the Nation said "provides his readers the opportunity to listen for and appreciate the Hemingway wit. " Includes: The Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech; Second Poem to Mary; In Harry's Bar in Venice; The Fifth Column; Work in Progress; Saturday Night at the Morehouse in Billings, Montana.
Read by Charlton Heston and Ernest Hemingway4 pages, Audio CD
First published May 1,2001
This edition
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4 pages, Audio CD
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May 8, 2001 by Caedmon
- ISBN
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9780694524983
- ASIN
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0694524980
- Language
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English
About the author
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Ernest Miller Hemingway was an American novelist, short-story writer and journalist. Best known for an economical, understated style that significantly influenced later 20th-century writers, he is often romanticized for his adventurous lifestyle, and outspoken and blunt public image. Most of Hemingway's works were published between the mid-1920s and mid-1950s, including seven novels, six short-story collections and two non-fiction works. His writings have become classics of American literature; he was awarded the 1954 Nobel Prize in Literature, while three of his novels, four short-story collections and three nonfiction works were published posthumously.
Hemingway was raised in Oak Park, Illinois. After high school, he spent six months as a cub reporter for The Kansas City Star before enlisting in the Red Cross. He served as an ambulance driver on the Italian Front in World War I and was seriously wounded in 1918. His wartime experiences formed the basis for his 1929 novel A Farewell to Arms. He married Hadley Richardson in 1921, the first of four wives. They moved to Paris where he worked as a foreign correspondent for the Toronto Star and fell under the influence of the modernist writers and artists of the 1920s' "Lost Generation" expatriate community. His debut novel The Sun Also Rises was published in 1926.
He divorced Richardson in 1927 and married Pauline Pfeiffer. They divorced after he returned from the Spanish Civil War, where he had worked as a journalist and which formed the basis for his 1940 novel For Whom the Bell Tolls. Martha Gellhorn became his third wife in 1940. He and Gellhorn separated after he met Mary Welsh Hemingway in London during World War II. Hemingway was present with Allied troops as a journalist at the Normandy landings and the liberation of Paris. He maintained permanent residences in Key West, Florida, in the 1930s and in Cuba in the 1940s and 1950s. On a 1954 trip to Africa, he was seriously injured in two plane accidents on successive days, leaving him in pain and ill health for much of the rest of his life. In 1959, he bought a house in Ketchum, Idaho, where, in mid-1961, he died of suicide.
Hemingway was raised in Oak Park, Illinois. After high school, he spent six months as a cub reporter for The Kansas City Star before enlisting in the Red Cross. He served as an ambulance driver on the Italian Front in World War I and was seriously wounded in 1918. His wartime experiences formed the basis for his 1929 novel A Farewell to Arms. He married Hadley Richardson in 1921, the first of four wives. They moved to Paris where he worked as a foreign correspondent for the Toronto Star and fell under the influence of the modernist writers and artists of the 1920s' "Lost Generation" expatriate community. His debut novel The Sun Also Rises was published in 1926.
He divorced Richardson in 1927 and married Pauline Pfeiffer. They divorced after he returned from the Spanish Civil War, where he had worked as a journalist and which formed the basis for his 1940 novel For Whom the Bell Tolls. Martha Gellhorn became his third wife in 1940. He and Gellhorn separated after he met Mary Welsh Hemingway in London during World War II. Hemingway was present with Allied troops as a journalist at the Normandy landings and the liberation of Paris. He maintained permanent residences in Key West, Florida, in the 1930s and in Cuba in the 1940s and 1950s. On a 1954 trip to Africa, he was seriously injured in two plane accidents on successive days, leaving him in pain and ill health for much of the rest of his life. In 1959, he bought a house in Ketchum, Idaho, where, in mid-1961, he died of suicide.
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I'm dinging this collection 2 stars--not for the writing--but for the publisher's failure to provide any sort of introduction--even a lousy title--between the audio tracks. Bad publisher.
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read 2/3/16
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I am not listening to CD 4, which is snippets of interviews and such. But enjoyed the readings of Snows of Kilimanjaro and Old Man and the Sea.
I've been briefly exposed to Hemingway before, but I think I appreciate him more now than I did then.
I've been briefly exposed to Hemingway before, but I think I appreciate him more now than I did then.
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sometimes there just aren't enough stars
#omfg #hemingway #charltonheston
so ya think ya can write, do ya?
picked up The Ernest Hemingway Audio Collection from the library today, listening to Snows of Kilimanjaro narrated by charlton heston
on a day so perfect it had to be sent by heaven, listening to writing so perfect it had to be sent by heaven, narrated by a voice so perfect it had to be sent by heaven.
makes me question the point of trying to write well enough to publish
'So sir, do you think you can write?'
'Yes.'
'Well enough to publish?'
'I hope so.'
'Have you listened to Hemingway and read by Charlton Heston?'
'No.'
'You will be better off if you never do.'
#omfg #hemingway #charltonheston
so ya think ya can write, do ya?
picked up The Ernest Hemingway Audio Collection from the library today, listening to Snows of Kilimanjaro narrated by charlton heston
on a day so perfect it had to be sent by heaven, listening to writing so perfect it had to be sent by heaven, narrated by a voice so perfect it had to be sent by heaven.
makes me question the point of trying to write well enough to publish
'So sir, do you think you can write?'
'Yes.'
'Well enough to publish?'
'I hope so.'
'Have you listened to Hemingway and read by Charlton Heston?'
'No.'
'You will be better off if you never do.'
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Great audiobook read by Charleston Heston!
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I enjoy Hemingway's writing... though I admit, I enjoy imagining him in Key West with his six-toed cats even more. While these stories could have used an introduction (e.g. the title of what turned out to be "The Snows of Kilimanjaro," which would have prevented me several minutes of confusion wondering if I was starting at the beginning!?), the readings were lovely. And it was fascinating hearing Hemingway himself on the last CD. His stilted and odd, slightly-accented voice was not at all what you would expect.
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Ernest Hemingway is an American gem. His stories have such a deep meaning filled with metaphors and philosophy. This collection had two of his most famous works: The Snows of Kilimanjaro, and The Old Man and the Sea. What I really enjoyed the most was the 4th cd that had Ernest Hemingway read some of his poetry and talk about life. Great collection for American Literature fans.
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