Unbelievable Happiness and Final Sorrow: The Hemingway-Pfeiffer Marriage
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| Rating | : | 4.95 (753 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1557289743 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 333 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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"A major scholarly accomplishment -- authoritative, thoroughly researched, pioneering, and ably written…. a must for Hemingway scholars, teachers, and aficionados." --Anne Marie Candido in Arkansas Historical Quarterly
Kathy said this is still a great read for you. If you have read every Hemingway biography. As I have, this is still a great read for you. I have not been sympathetic to Pauline in the past, thinking she got what she deserved for "stealing" Papa from the virtuous Hadley. But this book puts the matter in a whole different light. Ernest bears the bulk of the responsibility for his three divorces (and he would have left Mary too, if he hadn't been too old and infirm to do so). The truth is he benefited greatly from Pauline's family money, her editorial skills, and her emotional support. Less than expected. jane I think there was a better story there. Need more investigation.. New awareness of Pauline I was aware that Hemingway left his first wife,Hadley, for Pauline Pfeiffer,I did not like her because I felt that she broke up the marriage between Hemingway and Hadley,who had a child. Hemingway stated quite openly that he needed money and Pauline's family had tons of it. I dislike Hemingway more and his wives less.Worth reading; it is well written and interesting
But the "unbelievable happiness" met with "final sorrow," as Hemingway wrote, and Pauline would be the second of Hemingway's four wives. Scott Fitzgerald, John Dos Passos, and Dorothy Parker. It was the glittering intellectual world of 1920s Paris expatriates in which Pauline Pfeiffer, a writer for Vogue, met Ernest Hemingway and his wife Hadley among a circle of friends that included Gertrude Stein, F. Pauline grew close to Hadley but eventually forged a stronger bond with Hemingway himself; with her stylish looks and dedication to Hemingway's writing, Pauline became the source of "unbelievable happiness" for Hemingway and, by 1927, his second wife. Unbelievable Happiness and Final Sorrow paints a full picture of Pauline and the role she played in Ernest Hemingway's becoming one of our greatest literary figures.. The marriage lasted thirteen years, some of Hemingway's most productive, and the couple had two children. Pauline was her husband's best editor and critic, and her wealthy family provided moral and financial support, including the conversion of an old barn to a dedicated writing studio at the family home in Piggott, Arkansas