One Must First Endure

Creator

ERNEST HEMINGWAY

Title

One Must First Endure

Coverage

New York

Publisher

Scribner’s

Date

1924

Subject

Disappeared from the Gare de Lyon in 1922.

Description

Hemingway wrote his first novel in Paris in 1922, then headed to Lausanne to cover the peace conference. He wrote his new wife, Hadley, urging her to join him. She packed, thoughtfully including his current manuscripts. On the train, she left her seat to buy a bottle of water, and the bag was stolen, never to be recovered. The marriage didn’t last.
The title was Hemingway’s motto: “Il faut d’abord durer.” One must indeed.

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