''The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories'' is an
anthology
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of writings by
Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. His economical and understated style—which he termed the iceberg theory—had a strong influence on 20th-century f ...
published by
Scribner's
Charles Scribner's Sons, or simply Scribner's or Scribner, is an American publisher based in New York City, known for publishing American authors including Henry James, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Kurt Vonnegut, Marjorie Kinnan Ra ...
on October 14, 1938. It contains Hemingway's only full-length play, ''The Fifth Column'', and 49 short stories.
Many of the stories included in the collection appear in other collections, including ''
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* ''In ...
Winner Take Nothing
''Winner Take Nothing'' is a 1933 collection of short stories by Ernest Hemingway. Hemingway's third and final collection of stories, it was published four years after ''A Farewell to Arms'' (1929), and a year after his non-fiction book about bul ...
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. Its main character, Philip Rawlings, is an American-born secret agent for the
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. The play was poorly received upon publication and has been overshadowed by many of the short stories in the anthology.
The play was slated for production in 1938, however, setbacks with the Broadway producers delayed production. In 1940 a version of the play was produced on Broadway by the Theater Guild. This production was heavily edited by Benjamin Glazer with significant revisions to the script. Hemingway disliked these changes and attempted to have his name removed from the production. This production ran for 87 performances. The play wasn't professionally produced with Hemingway's original script until 2008 when
Mint Theater Company
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staged the play.
Among the short stories, the book includes Hemingway's previous volumes and added his latest published works "
The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber
"The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" is a short story by Ernest Hemingway. Set in Africa, it was published in the September 1936 issue of ''Cosmopolitan'' magazine concurrently with " The Snows of Kilimanjaro". The story was eventually adap ...
Old Man at the Bridge
"Old Man at the Bridge" is a short story by American writer Ernest Hemingway, written in 1938 and first published in ''Ken'' magazineUp in Michigan
"Up in Michigan" is a short story by American writer Ernest Hemingway, written in 1921 and revised in 1938. It is collected in ''Three Stories and Ten Poems'' (1923) and ''The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories'' (1938).
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"."Up in Michigan", "Out of Season" and "My Old Man" had already appeared in Hemingway's privately published debut collection "
Three Stories and Ten Poems
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". While "Up in Michigan" had not been reprinted, the latter two were included in ''In Our Time'' and were therefore listed at nrs. 17&19.
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The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber
"The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" is a short story by Ernest Hemingway. Set in Africa, it was published in the September 1936 issue of ''Cosmopolitan'' magazine concurrently with " The Snows of Kilimanjaro". The story was eventually adap ...
Old Man at the Bridge
"Old Man at the Bridge" is a short story by American writer Ernest Hemingway, written in 1938 and first published in ''Ken'' magazine
Up in Michigan
"Up in Michigan" is a short story by American writer Ernest Hemingway, written in 1921 and revised in 1938. It is collected in ''Three Stories and Ten Poems'' (1923) and ''The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories'' (1938).
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* ''In Our Time'' (1982 film), a Taiwanese anthology film featuring director Edward Yang; considered the beginning of the "New Taiwan Cinema"
* ''In ...
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On the Quai at Smyrna
"On the Quai at Smyrna" is a short story written by Ernest Hemingway, first published in the 1930 Scribner's edition of the '' In Our Time'' collection of short stories, then titled "Introduction by the author".Oliver (1999), 251 Accompanying it w ...
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Indian Camp
"Indian Camp" is a short story written by Ernest Hemingway. The story was first published in 1924 in Ford Madox Ford's literary magazine ''Transatlantic Review'' in Paris and republished by Boni & Liveright in Hemingway's first American volume of ...
The Battler
"The Battler" is a short story written by Ernest Hemingway, published in the 1925 New York edition of '' In Our Time'', by Boni & Liveright.Oliver (1999), 21 The story is the fifth in the collection to feature Nick Adams, Hemingway's autobiogr ...
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A Very Short Story
"A Very Short Story" is a short story written by Ernest Hemingway. It was first published as a vignette, or chapter, in the 1924 Paris edition titled '' In Our Time'', and later rewritten and added to Hemingway's first American short story collec ...
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Soldier's Home
"Soldier's Home" is a short story by Ernest Hemingway. It was included in the 1925 ''Contact Collection of Contemporary Writers'' and published by Boni & Liveright in Hemingway's 1925 New York collection short stories, '' In Our Time''.Oliver, (1 ...
In Another Country
"In Another Country" is a short story by American author Ernest Hemingway. It was published in Hemingway's 1927 short story collection, ''Men Without Women''. The story deals with WWI soldiers receiving treatment in Italy during the war.
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Hills Like White Elephants
"Hills Like White Elephants" is a short story by Ernest Hemingway. It was first published in August 1927, in the literary magazine ''transition'', then later in the 1927 short story collection '' Men Without Women''. Later the story was adapted ...
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The Killers
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Fifty Grand
"Fifty Grand" is a short story by Ernest Hemingway. It was first published in ''The Atlantic Monthly'' in 1927, and it appeared later that year in Hemingway's short story collection '' Men Without Women''.
"Fifty Grand" tells the story of Jack B ...
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A Simple Enquiry
"A Simple Enquiry" is a short story written by Ernest Hemingway. It was published in 1927 in the collection '' Men Without Women'' and is notable for its focus on homosexuality.
Synopsis
Three Italian soldiers are snowbound. The senior soldier, ...
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Ten Indians
"Ten Indians" is a short story by American writer Ernest Hemingway, featuring protagonist Nick Adams, Hemingway's autobiographical alter ego. It was published in 1927 in the collection '' Men Without Women''. The title is derived from a comment m ...
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A Canary for One
"A Canary for One" is a short story by Ernest Hemingway. It was first published in Scribner's Magazine April 1927. It was republished in '' Men Without Women'' (1927), ''The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories'' (1961) and '' The Compl ...
A Pursuit Race
"A Pursuit Race" is a 1927 short story by American writer Ernest Hemingway. It was published in the collection '' Men Without Women''.
Plot summary
"A Pursuit Race" tells the story of a man, William Campbell, involved in a " pursuit race" with a ...
Now I Lay Me
"Now I Lay Me" is a short story
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Winner Take Nothing
''Winner Take Nothing'' is a 1933 collection of short stories by Ernest Hemingway. Hemingway's third and final collection of stories, it was published four years after ''A Farewell to Arms'' (1929), and a year after his non-fiction book about bul ...
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"After the Storm"
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A Clean, Well-Lighted Place
"A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" is a short story by American author Ernest Hemingway, first published in ''Scribner's Magazine'' in 1933; it was also included in his collection '' Winner Take Nothing'' (1933).
Plot synopsis
Late at night, a deaf o ...
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A Way You'll Never Be
"A Way You'll Never Be" is a 1933 short story by Ernest Hemingway, published by Charles Scribner in the short story collection ''Winner Take Nothing
''Winner Take Nothing'' is a 1933 collection of short stories by Ernest Hemingway. Hemingway' ...