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 · The story was eventually adapted to the screen as the Zoltan Korda film The Macomber Affair (). " The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber " is a short story by Ernest Hemingway. Set in Africa, it was published in the September issue of Cosmopolitan magazine concurrently with "The Snows of Kilimanjaro"/5. The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber by Ernest Hemingway centers around Francis Macomber and his wife, Margaret, who goes by Margot. As the text opens, the wealthy American couple is on an African safari. They have hired a hunter named Robert Wilson to guide them. A hotly-pursued African lion in “The Short Life of Francis Macomber,” one of Hemingway’s most famous and controversial works, roars “in a deep-chested moaning, suddenly guttural,” unsettling his would-be hunter, Francis Macomber. Macomber’s subsequent, panicked flight from the animal causes his hunting party—which includes his bitter wife Margot and leader Robert Wilson —to deem him a coward.

The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber is a short story by Ernest Hemingway. Set in Africa, it was published in the September issue of Cosmopolitan magazine concurrently with ¡°The Snows of Kilimanjaro¡±. Francis Macomber and his wife Margaret (usually referred to as ¡°Margot¡±), are on a big-game safari in Africa, guided by professional hunter Robert Wilson. Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway Summary and Analysis of "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" Buy Study Guide Hemingway introduces the three principal characters, Francis Macomber, his wife Margot, and their safari guide Richard Wilson, over cocktails in the afternoon on the African plain following a morning of hunting. Ernest Hemingway. · Rating details · 1, ratings · 90 reviews. "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" is a short story by Ernest Hemingway. Set in Africa, it was published in the September issue of Cosmopolitan magazine concurrently with "The Snows of Kilimanjaro". The story was eventually adapted to the screen as the Zoltan.

The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber Summary. Next. The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber. In a safari camp somewhere in generalized Africa, the wealthy American Francis Macomber, his wife Margot Macomber, and their hired white hunter, a British man named Robert Wilson, have gathered to celebrate the hunt from which they have just returned. Though at first it seems as if Macomber has successfully killed a­ lion, it gradually becomes clear that he in fact “bolted like a rabbit. The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber by Ernest Hemingway centers around Francis Macomber and his wife, Margaret, who goes by Margot. As the text opens, the wealthy American couple is on an African safari. They have hired a hunter named Robert Wilson to guide them. The short, happy life of Francis Macomber begins with his standing solid and shooting for the water buffalo's nose and the heavy horns, "splintering and chipping them" — and then he himself is killed — killed by Margot. His short, happy life lasts for only a second or two, but he dies as master of his own life.