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What was the title under which Hemingway's novel 'The Sun Also Rises' was published for the first time in England in 1927?

Fiesta. The title as used for the American edition in 1926,New York, Charles Scribner's Sons,refers to a quote from 'Ecclesiastes': 'The Sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteneth' to his place where he arose. And that which is done, is that which shall be done, and there is no new thing made under the Sun.' In 1927 Jonathan Cape,in London used the title which Hemingway himself had originally wanted. Death in the Afternoon was also published by Scribner's Sons.(1932).According to Amazon A Moveable Feast was published posthumously in 1964.The Arrow Classic edition however says it was published in the U.K. in 1936, which is simply impossible as the book itself has a preface by Hemingway dated 1960. It is a memoir of fellow expatriates in Paris such as Fitzgerald, Pound and Stein.

Which of these characters does Brett Ashley (the heroine) stay with at the end of 'The Sun Also Rises' at least temporarily?

Jake Barnes, a journalist made impotent by a war wound. Hemingway lived from 1899 till 1961. Two other important characters in the story are: Mike Campbell , who was Brett's fiance after her divorce from Lord Ashley {;Bill} Gorton, Jake's 'confidant'.

Which of these locations plays no role in "The Sun Also Rises"?

Sevilla. Pamplona is where Brett meets Romero and seems to give up Jake. San Sebastian is where Jake receives the telegram in which Brett tells him she wants to see him again. Madrid is where Brett and Jake meet again at the end of the book, after they had separated in Pamplona.

What is the nationality of Frederic Henry's girl-friend in the book, the nurse Catherine Barkley?

British. Her friend Helen Ferguson is Scottish. Both are nurses.

The hero of 'A Farewell to Arms' gets seriously wounded in the head and legs during a mortar attack.He is taken to the general hospital where his mutilated knee is operated on. Who is the doctor who operates?

One Dr. Valentini. There is no female headdoctor.

After a period of reconvalescence, Frederic-Henry returns to the front.After the retreat from Caporetto, he is arrested by the Italian battle police and only narrowly escapes being shot. How does he escape?

He plunges into a river and then jumps onto a train.. Furious because of the break through of the Germans at Caporetto the battle police had started shooting the officers of the retreating troops.

Frederic Henry finds back his girl-friend at Stresa, but soon realizes he is not safe there from the Italian police either.How does he escape this time?

In a boat across the Lago Maggiore. The Lago Maggiore separates Italy from Switzerland. Just as in World War II, Switzerland was a neutral country in World War I.

When he thinks he has made his farewell to the arms (= the war), he soon has to make his farewell to the arms of Catherine as well.What happens ?

She dies in childbirth. She has to have a caesarean.The baby is still-born. Catherine dies.The book ends with Frederic Henry overwhelmed by sadness and pouring rain.

What is the name of the Cuban boy who is Santiago's companion in 'The Old Man and the Sea'?

Manolin. The boy talks tot he fisherman about Joe di Maggio and his exploits as a baseball player.

What type of fish is it the Old Man tries to bring ashore?

A marlin. At the beginning and at the end of the story the Old Man dreams of 'lions in his homeland Africa'. In spite of his losing his catch, there is still moral strength in him to try again.