"Ernest Hemingway toiled over the final scene in 'A Farewell to Arms,' writing and re-writing 47 different possible endings to the novel before its publication in 1929.
In the end, it seems, he found the right words. The dark, melancholy conclusion helped turn the book into a bestseller and cement his reputation as one of the great American writers.
Now, each of the 47 rejected endings are available in a new edition of the classic novel -- available for sale on Tuesday."
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