Hills Like White Elephants

short story by Ernest Hemingway
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Hills Like White Elephants

Summary

Hills Like White Elephants is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (941 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hills Like White Elephants authored Ernest Hemingway[3].
  • Hills Like White Elephants's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • Hills Like White Elephants's language of work or name is recorded as American English[5].
  • Hills Like White Elephants's country of origin is recorded as United States[6].
  • Hills Like White Elephants was released on 1927[7].
  • Hills Like White Elephants's has edition or translation is recorded as Q117279898[8].
  • Hills Like White Elephants's has edition or translation is recorded as Q117280952[9].
  • Hills Like White Elephants's has edition or translation is recorded as Hills Like White Elephants[10].
  • Hills Like White Elephants's main subject is abortion[11].
  • Hills Like White Elephants's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Hills Like White Elephants'}[12].
  • Hills Like White Elephants's first line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The hills across the valley of the Ebro were long and white. On this side there was no shade and no trees and the station was between two lines of rails in the sun. Close against the side of the station there was the warm shadow of the building and a curtain, made of strings of bamboo beads, hung across the open door into the bar, to keep out flies.'}[13].
  • Hills Like White Elephants's last line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': '‘Do you feel better?’ he asked. ‘I feel fine,’ she said. ‘There’s nothing wrong with me. I feel fine.’'}[14].
  • Hills Like White Elephants's form of creative work is recorded as short story[15].

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Authorship and Creation

Hills Like White Elephants authored Ernest Hemingway[3].

Publication

Hills Like White Elephants was published on 1927[7]. Its language of work or name is recorded as American English[5].

Subject and Themes

Hills Like White Elephants's main subject is abortion[11].

Why It Matters

Hills Like White Elephants ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (941 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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