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Cover of The Sun Also Rises
1926

The Sun Also Rises

Ernest Hemingway

Jake Barnes, an American expatriate journalist wounded in World War I, travels with the "Lost Generation" through Paris and Pamplona, nursing his love for the liberated Lady Brett Ashley. The novel was banned in Boston in 1930 by the Watch and Ward Society for its frank treatment of sexuality, drunkenness, and moral ambiguity.

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Why this book is challenged

  • immoral content
  • glorification of drunkenness
  • sexually explicit content
  • unsuitable for youth