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“In order to write about life first you must live it.” Ernest Hemingway, a highly regarded American author of the 20th century, greatly impacted the world of fiction in both America and Britain with his short stories and novels. His remarkable life experiences served as a major source of inspiration for his writings. He is well-known for his highly acclaimed book, The Old Man and the Sea, which earned him both the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1953 and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954. This box set includes: The Old Man and The Sea In Our Time A Farewell To Arms The Sun Also Rises Green Hills of Africa For Whom the Bell Tolls Review: Great collection of classics - Great collection to add to the bookshelf of classics. Good value for the price Review: Classics fast - Always a pleasure to read! Great service
| Customer Reviews | 4.4 out of 5 stars 298 Reviews |
F**S
Great collection of classics
Great collection to add to the bookshelf of classics. Good value for the price
C**N
Classics fast
Always a pleasure to read! Great service
M**Y
Love it
Excellent read
C**P
Typos but stories good.
I have only read the old man and the sea so far but I'm finding typos. Any place where the word has a r and n together, such as the word born, it turns the rn to m, making born into bom, learn into leam, etc. Story was great though. Just a quality of print issue, art least for my copy.
C**Y
great set of Hemmingway classics
excellent book set. this was a perfect gift for family member who loves "classics." Good price for a great set.
M**N
Good item.
Very good for person. Who want the best of Ernest Hemingway best works.
R**E
Don't buy. Not even worth it if they were free.
As other reviewers have mentioned, these books are filled with misspellings. They are published in India and obviously were not reviewed by someone who is even slightly familiar with English before printing. Every occurrence of the letter combination "rn" is misspelled as "m" in The Old Man and the Sea. I am genuinely curious about how that kind of mistake would even happen. It is clearly not due to an ambiguous font choice, as the publisher very clearly chose to intentionally use the letter "m" every single time. I have not even gotten to the other books yet. Not only is that specific letter combination a problem, there are also many other random misspellings throughout. Could have all been instantly fixed by clicking "spell check" before printing. The justification on some lines of text are distorted and font height is non-uniform in places. Missing punctuation. Why would you put a glossary of technical terms and translations of foreign words at the end of the book instead of at the bottom of the page they appear on? The lack of quality is distracting and immersion breaking and ruins the story. Unfortunately, I started reading several months after purchase and therefore it is too late for me to return them. I am going to throw all of these books in the garbage where they belong and repurchase them all from a different publisher that actually reviews the book before hitting the print button. I am also just about done with Amazon for letting this type of garbage proliferate in their shop with no care in the world for quality control.
R**T
nice box for the books
very good quality books.
G**K
Great collection, 4 stars
I’m giving this 4 stars only because the margins, it’s a personal thing but generally the to and bottom margins feel aligned, but this print run has the bottom margins almost non existent
A**R
Spelling mistakes
I have found multiple spelling mistakes in ‘the old man and the sea’. It’s a very poor version of the book and a complete shame. Avoid this product
L**T
Autor mit bewegtem Leben
Tolle Kollektion
G**S
Highly recommended
Highly recommend seller. Brand new books, carefully packed. Amazing gifts.
A**R
What is not to like
One of my favourite writers. Reading them back to back at a price that doesn't bother me to write notes in the margins provided a nice relaxing vacation.
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