zeldafitzgerald
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Post by zeldafitzgerald on Oct 31, 2007 6:41:25 GMT -5
I haven't read any Hemmingway yet. I've tried to start The Old Man and the Sea and couldn't get through it, even though it's so short.
I've heard his short stories are great, so I bought a collection. I also bought A Moveable Feast.
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Lu
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Post by Lu on Oct 31, 2007 8:11:43 GMT -5
I've read about an half of The first forty-nine Stories by Hemingway and so far I agree about his short stories, they're great. I've also read A moveable feast and I loved it.
I hope you like them, zelda!
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Michelle
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Post by Michelle on Oct 31, 2007 8:48:10 GMT -5
I really want to read A Moveable Feast. Especially after reading That Summer in Paris.
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Post by Lu on Feb 15, 2008 5:33:43 GMT -5
In The Portable Dorothy Parker there's a review of Man Without Women by Hemingway (obviously, the review is by Dorothy Parker) and among other things she wrote: "Mr. Hemingway's style, this prose stripped to its firm young bones, is far more effective, far more moving, in the short story than in the novel." I think she's right. I mean, my favorite is still A Farewell to Arms, but, after reading The First Forty-nine Stories, I agree that his style is more effective in a short story.
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anne
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Post by anne on Apr 26, 2008 3:38:46 GMT -5
I've read The Old Man And The Sea twice and I really love it .... It was a gift from my greatgrandmother and means very much to me . But to be honest it's the only book by Hemmingway I know, but maybe I'll buy the short stories now too. :-) Are they hard to read in English?
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Michelle
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Post by Michelle on Apr 26, 2008 8:57:22 GMT -5
I don't think they would be hard to read in English (but of course English is my native language so I'm not really a great judge). Hemingway writes in a minimalist style using very simple words and sentence structure so it is probably a great choice if you want to read something in English.
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anne
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Post by anne on Apr 26, 2008 9:33:17 GMT -5
Yes I love reading books in English :-) Sometimes it's a bit hard (eg Jane Austen) but if it's not to difficult I'll read it in English, thanks !
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Post by ItalianLaneGirl on Apr 26, 2008 14:40:50 GMT -5
English is my native language and I have trouble with Austen! I think I just have to slow down when I read her. I've never read any Hemingway, but he's on my list of authors to read.
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anne
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Post by anne on Apr 27, 2008 2:58:49 GMT -5
English is my native language and I have trouble with Austen! I think I just have to slow down when I read her. Now I'm relieved I'm reading Pride and Prejudice right now and sometimes I have to reread the sentences several times to understand what they mean ....
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Post by ItalianLaneGirl on Apr 27, 2008 21:51:09 GMT -5
I started reading an Austen book and am reading it with a British accent, and it's helping a 'wee' bit!
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Post by bookworm on Apr 28, 2008 2:32:18 GMT -5
I've been reading books in English for many years and I think it helped me more than anything to improve my language skills... I found Austen and Thackeray to be the most difficult to read in English! But Hemingway has a very simple style so you probably won't have any trouble!
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Post by Little Miss Sunshine on Jun 2, 2008 22:58:46 GMT -5
Believe it or not, all of these years I've never read Hemingway, so I thought it'd be time to start. Is there a particular book any of you guys would recommend?
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Post by Katelyn on Jun 3, 2008 1:21:52 GMT -5
I've read quite a few of Hemingway's books, but one book in particular that stands out in my mind is A Farewell to Arms; you might be interested to know that it is semi-autobiographical. Or, you might start with reading The Sun Also Rises, which is arguably just as popular as A Farewell to Arms, and which he wrote before writing A Farewell to Arms - it was the second book that he wrote.
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Lu
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Post by Lu on Jun 3, 2008 3:28:56 GMT -5
I read my first Hemingway only two years ago. I personally started with The Sun Also Rises but I'd recommend A Farewell to Arms or A Moveable Feast. They're my favorites.
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Post by Isa on Jun 3, 2008 6:11:14 GMT -5
A Moveable Feast is my favorite one too! I've read it 3-4 times already. And the great thing about it is that when you move on to read The Sun Also Rises or other novels set in France or Spain, you already have a sense of the context in which they were written.
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