7 Legendary Books By Ernest Hemingway That Shaped Modern Fiction

Supriya Juyal
Nov 11, 2024

The Old Man and the Sea

A novella about an aging fisherman’s struggle to catch a giant marlin, it won Hemingway the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1953

A Farewell to Arms

A love story set during World War I, exploring themes of love, loss, and the brutality of war

The Sun Also Rises

Follows a group of expatriates in post-World War I Europe, exploring themes of disillusionment and the "Lost Generation

For Whom the Bell Tolls

Set during the Spanish Civil War, it portrays a story of love, war, and personal sacrifice

To Have and Have Not

A novel set in Cuba, dealing with a man caught between moral choices in the face of economic hardship

In Our Time

A collection of short stories, it examines themes of war, disillusionment, and human endurance

Islands in the Stream

A posthumously published novel that deals with an artist's struggles, family dynamics, and life in the Caribbean

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