#71 in Biography & memoir
A Moveable Feast
- 209
- Pages
- about 4 h
- Reading time
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About the book
A Moveable Feast is a memoir by Ernest Hemingway about his years as a struggling expatriate journalist and writer in Paris during the 1920s. It was published posthumously on May 5, 1964. The book chronicles Hemingway's first marriage to Hadley Richardson and his relationships with other cultural figures of the Lost Generation in interwar France.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.7 across 232 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 61% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Biography & memoir average of 8.2. That is how 7.9 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 7.7 | 232 | 100% |
Reader voices
The most-liked reviews on Hardcover (credited to their authors).
“Quotable. “”Do not worry. You have always written before and you will write now. All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence you know.” So finally I would write one true sentence, and then go on from there. It…”
“I originally rated this book 4 stars, based on my memories of reading it in college. But I just re-read it yesterday and have to seriously lower my rating. What a self-inflated boor. Now that I know a lot more of his history and that…”
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How long is A Moveable Feast?
It has 209 pages — shorter than 87% of the ranked books in Biography & memoir.
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