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Chapter 1
Jake Barnes introduces himself and his social world in Paris, centering on his complicated relationship with Robert Cohn.
Chapter 2
Jake and Cohn have a tense lunch where Cohn pushes Jake to travel with him to South America. Jake refuses and the conversation turns uncomfortable when Cohn's girlfriend Frances j…
Chapter 3
Jake spends an evening in Paris, drinking at cafes and eventually picking up a prostitute named Georgette, whom he takes to dinner and then to a dancing club.
Chapter 4
After the club, Jake and Brett share a taxi ride through Paris where they speak honestly about their feelings and the impossibility of their situation.
Chapter 5
Jake goes to work at his newspaper office and has a brief, flirtatious encounter with a visiting friend. He then meets Cohn for lunch, where Cohn reveals he has read a travel book…
Chapter 6
Jake and his friend Harvey Stone spend time together in Paris, with Harvey admitting he has not eaten in days. Cohn arrives and the tension between Jake and Cohn becomes more appa…
Chapter 7
Jake visits Brett at her hotel, where she is drinking with Count Mippipopolous. The count is generous and worldly, and he offers to take them both out.
Chapter 8
Jake receives a letter from Cohn, who is traveling with Frances but clearly restless. Jake has lunch with his friend Bill Gorton, who has just arrived in Paris from the United Sta…
Chapter 9
Jake and Bill make plans for the trip to Spain, and the group's travel arrangements come together. Brett and Mike Campbell, her fiancé, are supposed to meet them in Pamplona.
Chapter 10
Jake and Bill travel by train through France toward Spain, stopping in Bayonne. They meet up with Cohn, who has been waiting for them.
Chapter 11
Jake and Bill travel by bus from Pamplona into the Basque countryside, eventually reaching Burguete. Along the way they share easy camaraderie with local Basque passengers, drinki…
Chapter 12
Jake and Bill spend several idyllic days fishing the Irati River, drinking cold wine, and talking freely. Bill's joking, ironic banter fills the chapter, but underneath the humor…
Chapter 13
Jake and Bill return to Pamplona, where the fiesta of San Fermín is about to begin. They reunite with Brett, Mike, and Cohn, and the tensions that had been dormant immediately res…
Chapter 14
Jake lies awake at night during the fiesta, thinking about Brett and his own situation with unusual directness. He reflects on what he has lost and what he has learned to accept,…
Chapter 15
The fiesta of San Fermín erupts in full force, with street celebrations, dancing, and the running of the bulls. Jake moves through the chaos as an observer and participant, and Br…
Chapter 16
The bullfighting festival reaches its peak as Pedro Romero performs brilliantly in the ring despite having been badly beaten by Cohn the night before.
Chapter 17
The fiesta winds down and the social fallout becomes clear. Mike is drunk and bitter, openly mocking Cohn and venting his humiliation over Brett's affair with Romero.
Chapter 18
Jake, Bill, and Mike leave Pamplona together, but the group has clearly fractured. Bill heads home, and Mike goes off on his own.
Chapter 19
Jake arrives in Madrid and finds Brett alone in a hotel, having sent Romero away because she felt it would ruin him. She tells Jake she ended things for Romero's sake, not wanting…
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