From Here to Eternity
About this book
Diamond Head, Hawaii, 1941. Pvt. Robert E. Lee Prewitt is a champion welterweight and a fine bugler. But when he refuses to join the company's boxing team, he gets "the treatment" that may break him or kill him. First Sgt. Milton Anthony Warden knows how to soldier better than almost anyone, yet he's risking his career to have an affair with the commanding officer's wife. Both Warden and Prewitt are bound by a common bond: the Army is their heart and blood ... and, possibly, their death. In this magnificent but brutal classic of a soldier's life, James Jones portrays the courage, violence and passions of men and women who live by unspoken codes and with unutterable despair ... in the most important American novel to come out of World War II, a masterpiece that captures as no other the honor and savagery of men.
Reader Profile
4.1/5 · 18331 readers · 841 pages · ≈ 15 h 34 m · Moderate
How long does it take to read From Here to Eternity?
About ≈ 15 h 34 m — 841 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is From Here to Eternity?
841 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is From Here to Eternity?
It sits on the Historical Fiction, Fiction shelves.
Has From Here to Eternity been made into a movie or TV show?
Yes — screen adaptations include From Here to Eternity (1953).
Is From Here to Eternity in the public domain?
No — it is still under copyright.
Where does From Here to Eternity take place?
It is set in United States during 20th century.
Who wrote From Here to Eternity?
James Jones (1921–1977).