History Literature / ForWhomTheBellTolls

* BilingualBonus: Most of the dialogue is supposed to be in Spanish (which Hemingway translates into a SeparatedByACommonLanguage form of English, with phrases like "he has forty-eight years" and "what passes that"), but the TranslationConvention is not entirely consistent, as some phrases are left untranslated. Especially vulgar ones, which become "I ''obscenity'' in the milk" and "''mucking'' around" (Hemingway was a journalist and NarrativeProfanityFilter was customary in journalism back then).

* BilingualBonus: Most of the dialogue is supposed to be in Spanish, but the TranslationConvention is not entirely consistent, as some phrases are left untranslated. Especially [[NarrativeProfanityFilter vulgar ones]].

The novel was adapted into a film in 1943, starring Creator/GaryCooper as Robert Jordan and Creator/IngridBergman as Maria. It also inspired the eponymous FilkSong by Music/{{Metallica}}. It also inspired the graphic novel ''Sordo'' (or ''The (Silent) War'' [[note]] No not [[ComicBook/TheInhumans that]] [[ComicBook/SilentWar one.]] [[/note]] in english speaking countries); which got a [[TheFilmOfTheBook film adaptation]] on Netflix in 2020. See also the [[Characters/ForWhomTheBellTolls character page]].

The novel was adapted into a film in 1943, starring Creator/GaryCooper as Robert Jordan and Creator/IngridBergman as Maria. It also inspired the eponymous FilkSong by Music/{{Metallica}}. It also inspired the graphic novel ''Sordo'' (or ''The (Silent) War'' [[note]] No not [[ComicBook/TheInhumans that]] [[ComicBook/SilentWar one.]] [[/note]] in english speaking countries); which got a [[MovieOfTheBook film adaptation]] on Netflix in 2020. See also the [[Characters/ForWhomTheBellTolls character page]].

* MoralDilemma: More than one, this is war.

-->--'''Creator/JohnDonne''', quoted in the {{epigraph}}

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** The Nationalists in reality were fighting for their right to religious freedom and political representation. They only attacked because the government threw out the results of a completely fair and valid election, favoring the socialist minority.

* VillainProtagonist: The main characters are all fighting on the side that tried to institute communism in Spain and raped and murdered Catholics for their religious beliefs.

* CompleteTheQuoteTitle: The title is part of a line from a devotional writing by Creator/JohnDonne. In this case, it's the previous line that is most thematically appropriate: "Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind" (the novel is largely an exploration of the nature of [[TrueCompanions companionship]] in a time of war and death). However, completing the line that the title is taken from also makes it into a SpoilerTitle: "And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; [[spoiler:it tolls for thee]]."

The novel was adapted into a film in 1943, starring Creator/GaryCooper as Robert Jordan and Creator/IngridBergman as Maria. It also inspired the eponymous FilkSong by Music/{{Metallica}}. See also the [[Characters/ForWhomTheBellTolls character page]].

* DrinkOrder: As you would expect in a Hemingway novel, there is a lot of drinking. The band drink wine from a skin but Robert Jordan has a flask of absinthe that he shares on special occasions.