The Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway

Volume I

By: Ernest Hemingway

Narrated by: Stacy Keach

The definitive short story collection that established Ernest Hemingway's literary reputation, originally published in 1938.

Ernest Hemingway is a cultural icon—an archetype of rugged masculinity, a romantic ideal of the intellectual in perpetual exile—but, to his countless readers, Hemingway remains a literary force much greater than his image. Of all of Hemingway’s canonical fictions, perhaps none demonstrate so forcefully the power of the author’s revolutionary style as his short stories. In classics like “Hills like White Elephants,” “The Butterfly in the Tank,” and “The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber,” Hemingway shows us great literature compressed to its most potent essentials. We also see, in Hemingway’s short fiction, the tales that created the legend: these are stories of men and women in love and in war and on the hunt, stories of a lost generation born into a fractured time.

The Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway presents many of Hemingway’s most famous classics alongside rare and unpublished material: Hemingway’s early drafts and correspondence, his dazzling out-of-print essay on the art of the short story, and two marvelous examples of his earliest work—his first published story, “The Judgment of Manitou,” which Hemingway wrote when still a high school student, and a never-before-published story, written when the author was recovering from a war injury in Milan after WWI. This work offers vital insight into the artistic development of one of the twentieth century’s greatest writers. It is a perfect introduction for a new generation of Hemingway readers, and it belongs in the collection of any true Hemingway fan.©1953 Ernest Hemingway, All Rights Reserved; (P)2002 Simon & Schuster Inc., All Rights Reserved, AUDIOWORKS Is an Imprint of Simon & Schuster Audio Division, Simon & Schuster Inc.

Great reader - sounds like a Hemingway guy

Some great, most really good. The reader’s voice is terrific. Indian Camp was my favorite.

Detailed

Great story. I put my full review in the Guided review, but the computer did not take it and erased it, so I am not writing it again.

Beautiful stories and excellent narration

It was a wonderful book to just listen to as a meditative means. Hemingways stories are amazing

Kill the music

The music is too long and it’s annoying and it’s unnecessary. Wish the chapters were labeled...

Stacy Keach fades on sentences

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Brilliant book by brilliant author.

What didn’t you like about Stacy Keach’s performance?

Stacy Keach fades on many sentences, thus making it impossible to hear. This is particularly noticed in an automobile environment. The quiet passages are impossible to hear. This dynamic range is appropriate for the stage but NOT for reading a book. Narrow the dynamic range, Stacy, we are listening to Hemingway not you!