The First Forty-Nine Stories: Ernest Hemingway

What an amazing writer with lots of amazing stories. This book is very old 90's probably. A good old smell with the oldish yellow pages. Vintage at it’s best!!!

Great collection.A number of these stories were incredible. Captivating and interesting.Of course, other stories were a bit less entertaining.Well worth the read and the price.

A good read as always, if you like Hemmingway.

Excellent bedtime reading; some very short stories (5 pages) and longer if required.

Absolutely nothing wrong with this book - even though I already had quite a few of Hem's short stories it was still worth every penny. A must for every Hemingway fan. Its great to have all stories in one place. It also has a very wise forward by the man himself.

This is a nicely condensed selection of Hemingway stories - including 'The Snows of Kilimanjaro' and 'Up in Michigan' - that I ordered after being told that short stories are his forte. Had previously read 'A Farewell to Arms' and found it a bit cold. His style is definitely well-suited to these shorter narratives.Only negative is the paperback is a bit thin and the spine will crease with use.

The father of modern realism, Hemingway's skill can really be seen in this collection not just of short stories, but also of chapters from books never published and paragraphs standing alone. If you've never read any Hemingway I cannot recommend him enough. He developed a style, that for the reader is closer to experiencing action, than being told a story. For me he is the original 'show not tell' writer. And in addition, his short stories and novels just make a brilliantly, gripping read.

Beautifully written set of short stories.Most are very short (a page or two). A few seem to reference each other (it is not always clear if they do).A great place to get to know Hemingway.However a couple of points to note for the more casual reader:- the content of pretty much every tale leans towards macho matters: bull fighting, big game hunting, sex, war, boozing etc- most tales are rather morose (almost all deal with death). Interesting and well executed but a bit depressing at times too perhaps.One of the first (and slightly longer) stories is 'The Snows of Kilimanjaro' - a beautiful and yet sad story. If you enjoy that then you'll have a good idea of what to expect from the rest of this collection.Don't read this book expecting many happy endings!