Listen free for 30 days
Listen with offer
-
For Whom the Bell Tolls
- Narrated by: Campbell Scott
- Length: 16 hrs and 17 mins
Failed to add items
Add to basket failed.
Add to wishlist failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
£0.00 for first 30 days
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Buy Now for £16.99
No valid payment method on file.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Summary
The story of Robert Jordan, a young American in the International Brigades attached to an antifascist guerilla unit in the mountains of Spain, it tells of loyalty and courage, love and defeat, and the tragic death of an ideal. In his portrayal of Jordan's love for the beautiful Maria and his superb account of El Sordo's last stand, in his brilliant travesty of La Pasionaria and his unwillingness to believe in blind faith, Hemingway surpasses his achievement in The Sun Also Rises and A Farewell to Arms to create a work at once rare and beautiful, strong and brutal, compassionate, moving, and wise.
"If the function of a writer is to reveal reality," Maxwell Perkins wrote Hemingway after reading the manuscript, "no one ever so completely performed it." Greater in power, broader in scope, and more intensely emotional than any of the author's previous works, it stands as one of the best war novels of all time.
Listeners also enjoyed...
Critic reviews
What listeners say about For Whom the Bell Tolls
Average customer ratingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Martin
- 17-10-10
For whom the bell tolls
I decided to try this one as I wanted to experience some of the classics that have passed me by. All I can is 'its a masterpiece' what have I been missing! I'm going through all his work now-can't get enough he's a genius. So believable, so much detail without ever being boring, so tender yet describes man's inhumanity to man so graphically yet without a hint of gratuitousness. Buy it you'l love it. The narrator is absolutely suburb and reads the work as if he has read it a thousand times and knows it intimately and thoroughly loves it, which gives the whole experience a ***** rating.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
17 people found this helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Amazon Customer
- 16-01-22
perfecty read
I've read this 8 times and was impressed by the delivery here, perfectly weighted
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
1 person found this helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Anonymous User
- 05-09-22
Captivating and thought provoking
in this book Hemingway captures what seems to be the true experience of war. Similar to "saving private Ryan" but more intimate, and very perspicaciously written.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars
-
Performance3 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- chris
- 08-07-16
good reading but he needs mis pronounces shone
the guy says shone weirdly. apart from that it's a great story and a decent performance. Ivanhoe is up next. wish me luck
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Gill
- 31-07-21
Tragic yet beautiful
I don’t enjoy books about war but chose this because I am still haunted by a passage in one of Hemingway’s other novels. At first I found this a hard listen but the writing is wonderful and the narrator perfect and I was soon swept along.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Anne Fedigan
- 30-10-23
Wonderful mix of Love and War.
Equally gripping in tenderness and brutality. I loved the ‘thee’ and ‘thou’ language. It added to the charm.
Maria capable of loving Roberto after such cruel treatment by the hands of the fascists.
I enjoyed this book.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- P. W. Burridge
- 14-12-13
Totally engrossing
Would you consider the audio edition of For Whom the Bell Tolls to be better than the print version?
The narration was first class, and totally suited the characters and setting for the novel
Which character – as performed by Campbell Scott – was your favourite?
Robert of course
Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
Couldn't wait to put it on in the car
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
3 people found this helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Amazon Customer
- 26-03-20
One of the best books I read
Everything: plot, characters. Keeps you focused and engaged throughout. Very dramatic.
Good quality of narration too.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Anonymous User
- 08-02-18
Excellently written and very well preformed.
A brilliantly moving exploration of humanity, death, love and ideology set against the back drop of a band of guerrilla fighters trying to blow a bridge during the Spanish Civil War.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars
-
Story4 out of 5 stars
- Colga Patrick Coye
- 21-09-22
Gripping story for a finish.
Takes a while to develop all of the characters and the back story, but stick with it. It's worth it
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!