Ernest Hemingway to F. Scott Fitzgerald: “Kiss My Ass”Hemingway once sent F. Scott Fitzgerald a typescript of A Farewell to Arms. Fitzgerald sent back ten pages of edits and comments, signing off with “A beautiful book it is!”. You can see Hemingway’s first reaction above (signed EH).
Take a look at the some Hemingway’s early drafts and his thirty-nine alternate endings to A Farewell to Arms here.
(via bookoisseur)