For Whom the Bell Tolls

1940 novel by Ernest Hemingway
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For Whom the Bell Tolls
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Summary

For Whom the Bell Tolls is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,494 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Ernest Hemingway[3]
  • Award received: Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century[4]
  • Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons[5]
  • Genre: war fiction[6], war literature[7], war novel[8]
  • Follows: The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories[9]
  • Commons category: For Whom the Bell Tolls[10]
  • Language of work or name: English[11]
  • Country of origin: United States[12]
  • Publication date: October 21, 1940[13]
  • Narrative location: Spain[14]
  • Main subject: Spanish Civil War[15]
  • Title: For Whom the Bell Tolls[16], Wem die Stunde schlägt[17], Per qui toquen les campanes[18], Por Kiu Sonoras la Sonorilo[19], Por quién doblan las campanas[20], Pour qui sonne le glas[21], Per chi suona la campana[22], Voor wie de klok luidt[23], Por Quem os Sinos Dobram[24], لمن تقرع الأجراس[25], Tel taulesimbik va sorga[26], Əcəl zəngi[27], Па кім звоніць звон[28], За кого бие камбаната[29]
  • First line: He lay flat on the brown, pine-needled floor of the forest, his chin on his folded arms, and high overhead the wind blew in the tops of the pine trees.[30]

Why It Matters

For Whom the Bell Tolls has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

FAQs

What awards did For Whom the Bell Tolls receive?

Honors received include Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century[4].

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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