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The Sun Also Rises Study Guide

by Ernest Hemingway

The Sun Also Rises study guide contains a biography of Ernest Hemingway, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis.

The narrator, Jake Barnes, describes Robert Cohn, a rich Jew who graduated from Princeton with low self-esteem, had an unsuccessful marriage, lost most of his inheritance, and moved to Paris with an exploitative woman, Frances, to write a novel. Jake plays tennis with him. Cohn sold his novel in America and returned with arrogance and a craving for adventure. He frequently imposes on Jake.

One night, Jake picks up a girl, Georgette, and turns down her sexual advances, explaining he is "sick." They end up at a dancing-club, where Jake sees the beautiful and independent Lady Ashley, known to him as Brett. He eventually leaves with her; they have had a romantic relationship in the past, and though they kiss, Brett does not want to go through…

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• The Sun Also Rises Summary
• About The Sun Also Rises
• Character List
• Glossary of Terms
• Major Themes
• Summary and Analysis of Epigraph and Chapters 1-4
• Summary and Analysis of Chapters 5-9
• Summary and Analysis of Chapters 10-14
• Summary and Analysis of Chapters 15-19
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• Test Yourself! - Quiz 1
• Test Yourself! - Quiz 2
• Author of ClassicNote and Sources

• The Sun Also Rises: Major Themes
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• The Sun Also Rises: Questions
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