The Sun Also Rises

The Sun Also Rises and its characters have been variously interpreted by critics and scholars. Some early critics cast the novel as a satire. Others have deemed it a serious literary effort to portray and ultimately condemn the aimless lifestyle of the Lost Generation. In either case, the novel was tremendously successful commercially. Published by Scribner's in 1926, the first printing of the nov…el was a relatively small run of 5,090 copies. Less than two months later the novel was in its second printing, with many more printings to come. Following the commercial success of the novel in the U.S., a British edition was published by Jonathan Cape under the title Fiesta in 1927. The novel has been in continuous print since its publication. This edition contains the following: Novel Biography Inctroduction by Amanda F. Orwell