The Old Man and the Sea

The Old Man and the Sea is one of Hemingway's most enduring works. Told in language of great simplicity and power, it is the story of an old Cuban fisherman, down on his luck, and his supreme ordeal, a relentless, agonizing battle with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream. Here Hemingway recasts, in strikingly contemporary style, the classic theme of courage in the face of defeat, of personal triumph won from loss.

Written in 1952, this hugely successful novella confirmed Hemingway's power and presence in the literary world and played a large part in his winning the 1954 Nobel Prize for Literature.

• For Whom the Bell Tolls
• A Farewell to Arms
• The Sun Also Rises
• Of Mice and Men
• Islands in the Stream
• The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories
• To Have and Have Not
• Summary of The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
• The Grapes of Wrath
• Moby-Dick