The Old Man and the Sea
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The Old Man and the Sea is Ernest Hemingway’s classic novella about an aging Cuban fisherman’s epic struggle with a giant marlin, widely regarded as one of his greatest works and a cornerstone of 20th-century literature.
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| The Old Man and the Sea (1952 novella) | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
literary work
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novella ⓘ |
| adaptation |
1958 film adaptation
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1990 television film adaptation ⓘ 1999 animated short film adaptation ⓘ |
| author | Ernest Hemingway ⓘ |
| awarded | Pulitzer Prize for Fiction ⓘ |
| awardYear | 1953 ⓘ |
| centralConflict | Santiago's struggle with a giant marlin ⓘ |
| containsCharacter |
Martin
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Perico ⓘ |
| contributedTo | Ernest Hemingway's Nobel Prize in Literature ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReputation |
classic of 20th-century literature
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one of Ernest Hemingway's greatest works ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDate | 1952-09-01 ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | serialized ⓘ |
| firstPublicationVenue | Life magazine ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
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novella ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Manolin
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Santiago ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person limited ⓘ |
| nobelPrizeCitationYear | 1954 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pages | about 127 ⓘ |
| protagonist | Santiago ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1952 ⓘ |
| publisher | Charles Scribner's Sons ⓘ |
| settingEnvironment | Gulf Stream ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Cuba ⓘ |
| structure | single continuous narrative ⓘ |
| symbol |
lions on the beach
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marlin ⓘ sharks ⓘ the sea ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
aging
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heroism ⓘ isolation ⓘ man versus nature ⓘ perseverance ⓘ pride and dignity ⓘ struggle against nature ⓘ suffering ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | mid-20th century ⓘ |
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The Old Man and the Sea (1952 novella)