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His life was a mixture of strange contradictions, his death a startling shock.  \nIn the mirror of his art, however, Hemingway revealed himself as few men have ever done. His fictional creation, Nick Adams, sheds inimitable light on Hemingway, the man, even as he stands as a supreme expression of Hemingway’s genius as a writer. Now Hemingway comes alive on the printed page as he never has before in  \nTHE NICK ADAMS STORIES  \n“Stands with The Sun Also Rises andA Farewell to Arms as his finest work. Certainly no other book can provide a better introduction to Hemingway’s work, life and thought, beginning at the very beginning.”  \n—Minneapolis Tribune  \nBooks by Ernest Hemingway  \nACROSS THE RIVER AND INTO THE TREES  \n* BY-LINE: ERNEST HEMINGWAY  \nDEATH IN THE AFTERNOON  \nA FAREWELL TO ARMS  \n* THE FIFTH COLUMN AND FOUR UNPUBLISHED STORIES OF THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR  \nFOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS  \nTHE GREEN HILLS OF AFRICA  \nTHE HEMINGWAY READER  \nIN OUR TIME  \n* ISLANDS IN THE STREAM  \nMEN AT WAR  \nMEN WITHOUT WOMEN  \n* AMOVEABLE FEAST  \n* THE NICK ADAMS STORIES  \nTHE OLD MAN AND THE SEA  \nTHE SHORT STORIES OF ERNEST HEMINGWAY  \nTHE SNOWS OF KILIMANJARO AND OTHER STORIES  \nTHE SUN ALSO RISES  \nTO HAVE AND HAVE NOT  \nTHE TORRENTS OF SPRING  \nWINNER TAKE NOTHING  \n* Published by Bantam Books  \nTHE NICK ADAMS STORIES  \nBY ERNEST HEMINGWAY  \nPREFACE BY PHILIP YOUNG  \nThis low-priced Bantam Book has been completely reset in a type face designed for easy reading, and was printed from new plates. It contains the complete text of the original hard-cover edition.  \nNOT ONE WORD HAS BEEN OMITTED.  \nTHE NICK ADAMS STORIES  \nA Bantam Book / published by arrangement with Charles Scribner’s Sons  \nPRINTING HISTORY  \nScribner’s edition published April 1972  \nBantam edition / March 1973  \n2nd printing ... January 1974 5th printing ... February 1977  \n3rd printing ... February 1975 6th printing ... January 1978  \n4th printing ... April 1976 7th printing ... March 1979  \n8th printing ... February 1980  \nPublication of the eight previously unpublished pieces in this book is the result of a gift of the English language rights by Mary Hemingway to The Ernest Hemingway Foundation.  \nAll rights reserved.  \nCopyright © 7972 The Ernest Hemingway Foundation.  \nPreface by Philip Young Copyright © 1972 Charles Scribner’s Sons,  \nCopyright © 1969 Mary Hemingway.  \nCopyright 1933 Charles Scribner’s Sons, renewal copyright © 1961 Mary Hemingway.  \nCopyright 1925 Charles Scribner’s Sons; renewal copyright 1953 Ernest Hemingway.  \nCopyright 1927 Charles Scribner’s Sons; renewal copyright © 1955.  \nCopyright 1927 Charles Scribner’s Sons; renewal copyright © 1955 Ernest Hemingway.  \nCopyright 1927 Macaulay Company; renewal copyright © 1955 Ernest Hemingway.  \nThis book may not be reproduced in whole or In part, by  \nmimeograph or any other means, without permission.  \nFor information address: Charles Scribner’s Sons,  \n597 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10017.  \nISBN 0-553-14095-7  \nPublished simultaneously In the united States and Canada  \nBantam Books are published by Bantam Books, Inc. Its trademark, consisting of the words “Bantam Books” and the portrayal of a bantam, is Registered in U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and in other countries. Marca Registrada. Bantam Books, Inc., 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10019.  \nPRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  \n17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8  \nPreface  \n“Of the place where he had been a boy he had written well enough. As well as he could then.” So thought a dying writer in an early version of “The Snows of Kilimanjaro.” The writer of course was Hemingway. The place was the Michigan of his boyhood summers, where he remembered himself as Nick Adams. As well as he could write then was very well indeed.  \nUntil now, however, the s","cbCaiv4oKwxd4s2A","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiv4oKwxd4s2A","pdf",2218831,147,"English","# Preface\n## Nick Adams as a coherent character\n## Chronological order and story impact\n## Links between Hemingway’s work and his life","[{\"question\":\"Why does the preface emphasize a chronological arrangement of Nick Adams stories?\",\"answer\":\"Earlier collections placed the stories in a jumbled sequence, which obscured the coherence of Nick’s adventures and fragmented their impact. Arranging them chronologically clarifies their meaning and the development of his life stages.\"},{\"question\":\"What does the preface say about the relationship between Nick Adams and Hemingway’s own life?\",\"answer\":\"The preface describes a close parallel between Nick’s growth—from childhood to adolescent, soldier, veteran, writer, and parent—and the stages of Hemingway’s life. 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