| From Here to Eternity | |
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| Author | James Jones |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | War novel |
| Publisher | Charles Scribner's Sons |
| Publication date | 1951 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 861 pp (first edition, hardback) |
| ISBN | NA |
From Here to Eternity is a novel by James Jones, winner of the National Book Award for fiction in 1952. James Ramon Jones ( November 6, 1921 &ndash May 9, 1977) was an American author known for his explorations of World War The National Book Awards are among the most eminent literary prizes in the United States. It is loosely based on Jones' experiences in the pre-World War II Hawaiian Division's 27th Infantry and the unit in which he served, Company E ("The Boxing Company"). World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Divisions of the United States Army Lineage Constituted 1 February 1921 in the Regular Army as Headquarters Hawaiian Division Activated 1 March 1921 The 27th Infantry, nicknamed the " Wolfhounds," served as part of the 25th Infantry (Lightning Division during the Korean War and later the Fellow company member Hal Gould said that while the novel was based on the company, including some depictions of actual persons, the characters are fictional and both the harsh conditions and described events are inventions. Hal Gould (born February 29, 1920 in Clark Wyoming) is an American Photographer and gallery Curator. The 1953 film (From Here to Eternity), 1979 minseries, and 1980 dramatic series were all adapted from the novel. From Here to Eternity is a 1953 Drama film based on the novel of the same name by James Jones. From Here to Eternity was a six-hour 1979 television mini-series followed by a thirteen episode 1980 television series From Here to Eternity was a six-hour 1979 television mini-series followed by a thirteen episode 1980 television series
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Plot introduction
Set in the summer and autumn of 1941 at the Schofield Barracks in Hawaii, the story follows several members of G Company, including Captain Dana “Dynamite” Holmes and First Sergeant Milt Warden, who begins an affair with Holmes's wife Karen. Schofield Barracks is a United States Army installation and Census-designated place (CDP located in the City and County of Honolulu and in the Wahiawa At the heart of the novel lays a struggle between former bugler Private Robert E. "Bugler" redirects here For the tobacco brand see Bugler (tobacco. Lee Prewitt, an infantryman from Kentucky and a self-described "thirty-year man", and his superiors. The Commonwealth of Kentucky ( is a state located in the East Central United States of America. A soldier is a general English term that refers to a member of a land component of National Armed forces. Because he blinded a fellow soldier while boxing, the stubborn Prewitt refuses to box for his company’s outfit and then resists the "Treatment", a daily hazing ritual in which the non-commissioned officers of his company run him into the ground. Hazing is an often Ritualistic test and a task which may constitute Harassment, Abuse or Humiliation with requirements to perform random often
Like Jones's other World War II novels, the central characters are actually the same in all three books, though their names have been somewhat altered. From Here to Eternity features Warden and Prewitt, who become Welsh and Witt in The Thin Red Line and Mart Winch and Bobby Prell in Whistle. The Thin Red Line is author James Jones's fictional account of the World War II Galloping Horse portion of the Battle of Mount Austen, specifically Whistle (1978 a novel by James Jones, tells the story of four wounded South Pacific veterans brought back by hospital ship to the United States during Similarly, Corporal Fife in The Thin Red Line reappears as Marion Landers in Whistle, as does the cook, Storm, who becomes Johnny "Mother" Strange. The Thin Red Line is author James Jones's fictional account of the World War II Galloping Horse portion of the Battle of Mount Austen, specifically Whistle (1978 a novel by James Jones, tells the story of four wounded South Pacific veterans brought back by hospital ship to the United States during
Allusions/references to other works
The title was inspired by a line from Rudyard Kipling's poem "Gentleman Rankers:"
- Gentlemen-rankers out on the spree,
- Damned from here to Eternity,
- God ha' mercy on such as we,
- Baa! Yah! Bah!
This poem also inspired the Whiffenpoof Song of Yale drinking fame, which mentions "gentlemen-songsters off on a spree, damned from here to eternity". Joseph Rudyard Kipling (30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936 was an English Author and poet The Yale Whiffenpoofs are the oldest collegiate ''a cappella'' group in the United States established in 1909
Literary response
Joan Didion has written many articles and essays praising From Here to Eternity, the most famous of which is "In the Islands", from The White Album. Joan Didion (born December 5, 1934) is an American Journalist, Essayist and Novelist Didion contributes regularly to The White Album is a 1979 book of essays by Joan Didion. The entire contents of this book are reprinted in Didion's We Tell Ourselves Stories
The novel is included in Modern Library List of Best 20th-Century Novels. Modern Library's 100 Best Novels is a list of the best English-language novels of the 20th century as determined by the Modern Library. [1]
Film adaptation
In 1953, the novel was made into a film directed by Fred Zinnemann and produced by Buddy Adler. From Here to Eternity is a 1953 Drama film based on the novel of the same name by James Jones. Fred Zinnemann ( April 29, 1907 &ndash March 14, 1997) was an Academy Award -winning Austrian American E Maurice "Buddy" Adler ( June 22, 1909 – July 22, 1960) was an Academy Award -winning American Film