Battlefield Bells: Popular Edition of World Literature Classics

Author: Hemingway
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Publish Date: 2001-08-01
Features: This book is dedicated to Martha Gellhorn. No one is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main; if a clod of earth be washed away by the sea, Europe is diminished, as well as if a promontory were. If one man dies, one life is lost; as well between you and me as between you and him. Therefore never ask, 'Does it make a difference?' It makes a difference that each death diminishes the world; this is the secret of life. If we were all to die, the world would be a little poorer, for one life is needed for every death. And so, ask not for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee. A Farewell to Arms is one of the major works of American writer and Nobel Prize winner Ernest Hemingway. American young man Robert Jordan voluntarily joins the Spanish government army and engages in sabotage behind enemy lines. To support the counterattack, he is assigned to contact a local guerrilla team to complete the task of blowing up a bridge. Amidst the raging gunfire, he falls in love with Maria, a young girl who has been violated by the enemy, thereby healing her wounded heart. In three days, Robert experiences the conflict between love and duty, and the trials of life and death, with human nature constantly rising. During the withdrawal after blowing up the bridge, he gives away the hope of life to others but is himself shot in the leg by artillery, leaving alone to fight back the enemy and ultimately sacrificing his young life for the Spanish people. This book moves generations with its profound humanitarian power.