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The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea
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Kelly_Hunsaker_reads ...
May 02, 2019 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: read-in-2019, classics, 1001-books, adventure, american-lit
Hemingway writes about a subject that bores me, and yet the book charms me. I loved it because it was outstanding, and beautiful.

The novella tells the story of Santiago, an elderly fisherman who has not caught a fish in nearly three months. He is no longer strong, nor lucky, but remains hopeful and determined. He takes his little boat farther out to sea from the harbor and catches a giant fish which he is not strong enough to pull in and so the fish takes control. What follows is four days at se ...more
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Laura
Mar 14, 2008 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: fiction-20th-century, pulitzer-prize, e-books, classics, nobel-prize, book-and-movie, 1001-books-you-must-read-before-you, gutenberg
The old fisherman Santiago has caught nothing for eighty-four days. Then things change.

Free download available at Faded Page. ...more
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Chrissie
Mar 18, 2014 rated it it was ok
Shelves: classics, audible-us, cuba
Is it time for a reread? Would I enjoy this more as an adult?
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Brenda
May 26, 2018 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: 1001-book-list-challenge
This was my first Hemingway book. I loved it. I am not into fishing,but,this book held my interest.
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Douglas Beagley
Jul 22, 2024 rated it liked it
First read, at age 48, despite having read a great deal of Hemingway at various points in my life—never got to this one. So. It’s fine. Just fine.
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Jenn
Apr 19, 2007 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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Kate Thompson
Jul 26, 2007 rated it it was ok
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Mar 08, 2008 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
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Book2Dragon
Aug 15, 2008 rated it it was amazing
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Dec 30, 2008 rated it really liked it
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Nov 29, 2009 rated it did not like it  ·  review of another edition
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Jul 12, 2013 rated it it was amazing
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Nov 19, 2013 rated it it was ok
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Aug 05, 2015 marked it as to-read
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Jan 27, 2017 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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Feb 04, 2018 rated it it was ok
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Feb 07, 2019 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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Nov 15, 2020 rated it it was ok
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