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The Ernest Hemingway Audio Collection
Nobel Prize-winning giant Ernest Hemingway is widely considered one of the greatest American authors of the Twentieth Century. Here, listeners can experience his riveting style both from his own voice and from one of America's most esteemed actors.
The Snows of Kilimanjaro: Performed by Charlton Heston, I this is a classic story of a hard-drinking, ruthless and womanizing world adventurer who comes face-to-face with the one antagonist he cannot conquer: his own ignoble and imminent death.
The Old Man and the Sea: Also performed by Heston and nominated for a Grammy, this recording of Hemingway's Pulitzer Prize-winning story is a perfect example of his literary I precision.
Ernest Hemingway Reads: A rich sampling of Hemingway's brilliant, multifaceted writing which the Nation said "provides his readers the opportunity to listen for and appreciate the Hemingway wit. " Includes: The Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech; Second Poem to Mary; In Harry's Bar in Venice; The Fifth Column; Work in Progress; Saturday Night at the Morehouse in Billings, Montana.
Read by Charlton Heston and Ernest Hemingway4 pages, Audio Cassette
First published May 1, 2001
About the author
Ernest Hemingway
2,272 books33.9k followersErnest Miller Hemingway (1899–1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer and journalist. Renowned for his economical, understated writing style, which profoundly influenced twentieth-century literature, he became one of the most prominent literary figures of his generation. His adventurous lifestyle and outspoken personality also contributed to his public image. Most of his works were published between the mid-1920s and the mid-1950s, including seven novels, six short-story collections and two works of nonfiction. His writings became classics of American literature, and he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954. Several additional novels, short-story collections and nonfiction works were published posthumously.
Hemingway grew up in Oak Park, Illinois. After graduating from high school, he worked for six months as a cub reporter for The Kansas City Star before volunteering for the American Red Cross. During the First World War, he served as an ambulance driver on the Italian Front and was seriously wounded in 1918. His wartime experiences later inspired his 1929 novel A Farewell to Arms.
In 1921, he married Hadley Richardson, his first wife, and moved with her to Paris. There, he worked as a foreign correspondent for the Toronto Star and became part of the expatriate literary and artistic community known as the Lost Generation, alongside influential modernist writers and artists. His debut novel, The Sun Also Rises, was published in 1926. He divorced Richardson in 1927 and married Pauline Pfeiffer the following year.
Hemingway later travelled to Spain, where he worked as a journalist during the Spanish Civil War. The conflict provided the background for his 1940 novel For Whom the Bell Tolls. He married Martha Gellhorn, his third wife, in 1940, but their marriage ended after he met journalist Mary Welsh Hemingway in London during the Second World War. He married Welsh in 1946.
As a war correspondent during the Second World War, Hemingway accompanied Allied troops during the Normandy landings and the liberation of Paris. He maintained residences in Key West, Florida, during the 1930s and in Cuba during the 1940s and 1950s. In 1954, while travelling in Africa, he survived two plane crashes on successive days, sustaining serious injuries that contributed to years of physical pain and declining health.
In 1959, Hemingway purchased a house in Ketchum, Idaho. On July 2, 1961, at the age of 61, he died by suicide at his home.
Hemingway grew up in Oak Park, Illinois. After graduating from high school, he worked for six months as a cub reporter for The Kansas City Star before volunteering for the American Red Cross. During the First World War, he served as an ambulance driver on the Italian Front and was seriously wounded in 1918. His wartime experiences later inspired his 1929 novel A Farewell to Arms.
In 1921, he married Hadley Richardson, his first wife, and moved with her to Paris. There, he worked as a foreign correspondent for the Toronto Star and became part of the expatriate literary and artistic community known as the Lost Generation, alongside influential modernist writers and artists. His debut novel, The Sun Also Rises, was published in 1926. He divorced Richardson in 1927 and married Pauline Pfeiffer the following year.
Hemingway later travelled to Spain, where he worked as a journalist during the Spanish Civil War. The conflict provided the background for his 1940 novel For Whom the Bell Tolls. He married Martha Gellhorn, his third wife, in 1940, but their marriage ended after he met journalist Mary Welsh Hemingway in London during the Second World War. He married Welsh in 1946.
As a war correspondent during the Second World War, Hemingway accompanied Allied troops during the Normandy landings and the liberation of Paris. He maintained residences in Key West, Florida, during the 1930s and in Cuba during the 1940s and 1950s. In 1954, while travelling in Africa, he survived two plane crashes on successive days, sustaining serious injuries that contributed to years of physical pain and declining health.
In 1959, Hemingway purchased a house in Ketchum, Idaho. On July 2, 1961, at the age of 61, he died by suicide at his home.
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March 12, 2010
Great audiobook read by Charleston Heston!
November 2, 2026
Look, The Ernest Hemingway Audio Collection is a slow burn, and I mean slow. For the first hundred pages I kept waiting for something to happen. Then Ernest Hemingway drops one quiet conversation on a back porch, and the whole book clicks into place. Not gonna lie, I read that scene twice. The middle is baggy, and a few chapters could've been trimmed without anybody noticing. For readers who like their drama simmering instead of boiling. Skip it if your patience runs out around page fifty.
October 29, 2026
Straight up, I loved the first hundred pages of The Ernest Hemingway Audio Collection and then slowly drifted away. Hemingway, Ernest sets up a sharp, strange world where everyone has to trade memories for favors, and the market scene, where a woman sells her wedding day for a bus pass, is haunting. Then the plot gets tangled in its own rules and I stopped caring about the answer. Who this is for: readers who love big concepts. Who should pass: anyone who needs the logic to hold up.
October 25, 2023
This is a good collection of Hemingway’s writing and a few collected speeches of the man. He is a fine writer. He earned the fame an notoriety that came to him.
April 30, 2024
I enjoy Hemingway's writing... though I admit, I enjoy imagining him in Key West with his six-toed cats even more. While these stories could have used an introduction (e.g. the title of what turned out to be "The Snows of Kilimanjaro," which would have prevented me several minutes of confusion wondering if I was starting at the beginning!?), the readings were lovely. And it was fascinating hearing Hemingway himself on the last CD. His stilted and odd, slightly-accented voice was not at all what you would expect.
April 8, 2016
sometimes there just aren't enough stars
#omfg #hemingway #charltonheston
so ya think ya can write, do ya?
picked up The Ernest Hemingway Audio Collection from the library today, listening to Snows of Kilimanjaro narrated by charlton heston
on a day so perfect it had to be sent by heaven, listening to writing so perfect it had to be sent by heaven, narrated by a voice so perfect it had to be sent by heaven.
makes me question the point of trying to write well enough to publish
'So sir, do you think you can write?'
'Yes.'
'Well enough to publish?'
'I hope so.'
'Have you listened to Hemingway and read by Charlton Heston?'
'No.'
'You will be better off if you never do.'
#omfg #hemingway #charltonheston
so ya think ya can write, do ya?
picked up The Ernest Hemingway Audio Collection from the library today, listening to Snows of Kilimanjaro narrated by charlton heston
on a day so perfect it had to be sent by heaven, listening to writing so perfect it had to be sent by heaven, narrated by a voice so perfect it had to be sent by heaven.
makes me question the point of trying to write well enough to publish
'So sir, do you think you can write?'
'Yes.'
'Well enough to publish?'
'I hope so.'
'Have you listened to Hemingway and read by Charlton Heston?'
'No.'
'You will be better off if you never do.'
February 18, 2013
Ernest Hemingway is an American gem. His stories have such a deep meaning filled with metaphors and philosophy. This collection had two of his most famous works: The Snows of Kilimanjaro, and The Old Man and the Sea. What I really enjoyed the most was the 4th cd that had Ernest Hemingway read some of his poetry and talk about life. Great collection for American Literature fans.
August 23, 2010
I am not listening to CD 4, which is snippets of interviews and such. But enjoyed the readings of Snows of Kilimanjaro and Old Man and the Sea.
I've been briefly exposed to Hemingway before, but I think I appreciate him more now than I did then.
I've been briefly exposed to Hemingway before, but I think I appreciate him more now than I did then.
October 7, 2012
I'm dinging this collection 2 stars--not for the writing--but for the publisher's failure to provide any sort of introduction--even a lousy title--between the audio tracks. Bad publisher.
February 3, 2016
read 2/3/16
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