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* For Whom the Bell Tolls, published in 1940, grew out of Hemingway's
personal interest in the Spanish Civil War of the thirties.
F U L L T I T L E For Whom the Bell Tolls
AU T H O R Ernest Hemingway
TY P E O F WO R K Novel
G E N R E Tragedy; historical novel; war novel; love story
L A N G UA G E English sprinkled with Spanish words and phrases. Many
sections, especially dialogue and interior monologue, are written as though
they have been translated word-for-word from Spanish to English and retain
the structure and cadence of the Spanish language.