Compositional Analysis of Short Stories Collection “in Our Days”

Abstract

In the early 1920s, Ernest Hemingway began to explore writing literature in addition to his staff-writing position at "Toronto Star". His first attempts were unsuccessful and he was discouraged by rejections from "small publishers" and them not paying any fees. Fortunately, two stories survived the theft of his suitcase while travelling from Paris to Lausanne - one was sent to "Cosmopolitan" magazine prior, while the other remained in Parisian drawers. Soon, one of his miniatures gained publicity in "Little Review", which eventually led to the publication of his first book called "Three Stories and 10 Poems" with only 300 copies available. The success of the collection enabled the French publisher William Byrd to produce another set of short stories for an upcoming edition Hemingway had worked on during summer 1923.