Hemingway (2021) | Episode 2

Based on A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway

In Paris, Hemingway publishes In Our Time and The Sun Also Rises. He finds critical and commercial success with his second novel, A Farewell to Arms.

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  • Type: Analysis
  • Channel: BBC One
  • Duration: 49'31''
  • Broadcast date: 2021
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UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted

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Other Archive resources
A Farewell to Arms | BBC One | 2021

Hemingway (2021)

Ernest Hemingway enjoys an idyllic childhood in Oak Park, Illinois. Yearning for adventure, he volunteers for the Red Cross during World War I.
A Farewell to Arms | BBC One | 2021

Hemingway (2021) | Episode 3

Having achieved a level of fame rarely seen in the literary world, Hemingway settles in Key West with Pauline Pfeiffer and spends his time seeking new conquests in the natural world - marlin fishing in the Gulf Stream and hunting in Africa.