![]() ![]() The Times notes the author’s 1958 Paris Review interview where he states, “I rewrote the ending to Farewell to Arms, the last page of it, thirty-nine times before I was satisfied” in response to a question on how often he typically rewrites. ( More: A Brief History of Posthumous Literature) ![]() Hemingway wrestled tremendously with the ending of his book, and in a new edition, forty-seven alternate endings to the tale that he wrote but subsequently discarded will be published together, according to the The New York Times. Now, Ernest Hemingway aficionados will get a chance to play “choose your own adventure” with the book’s famous final lines. You paged through (or skimmed the CliffsNotes of) the classic story of a World War I ambulance driver who falls in love with a nurse all the way up until the end, when - spoiler alert - both the nurse and the child she carried died. Follow back to when you read A Farewell to Arms, probably in a high school or college English class. ![]()
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