“He was alone, and he was comfortable. He felt he had left everything behind, the need for thinking, the need to understand.”

In Our Time is a collection of vignettes and short stories that marked the arrival of Ernest Hemmingway as a bold new voice in American literature. The works contained herein explore the themes of war, loss, love, alienation and disillusionment that are prominent in much of the author’s work while encapsulating the struggles faced by individuals in the rapidly changing, post-war world. From the trenches of World War I to quiet moments of reflection in nature, Hemingways use of spare, precise prose delivers a sense of moral value and a powerful punch of emotional truth.

The titles included in this collection, in order of appearance, are:

• On the Quai at Smyrna
• Indian Camp
• The Doctor and the Doctor’s Wife
• The End of Something
• The Three-Day Blow
• The Battler
• A Very Short Story
• Soldier’s Home
• The Revolutionist
• Mr. and Mrs. Elliot
• Cat in the Rain
• Out of Season
• Cross-Country Snow
• My Old Man
• Big Two-Hearted River: Part 1
• Big Two-Hearted River: Part 2
• L’ Envoi

Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) was an American novelist, short story writer, and journalist renowned for his econimical, understated prose, adventurous lifestyle and outspoken public image. He began his career as a reporter and published a number of short stories before gaining fame with novels such as The Sun Also Rises (1926) and A Farewell to Arms (1929), and his experiences during the Spanish Civil War informed the best-selling For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940). He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954, and some of his seven novels, six short-story collections and two non-fiction works have become classics of American literature.

This audiobook is fully indexed. Once downloaded, each book and chapter will be listed so you can easily navigate to the individual sections.