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A Farewell to Arms is a novel by American writer Ernest Hemingway, set during the Italian campaign of World War I. First published in 1929, it is a first-person account of an American, Frederic Henry, serving as a lieutenant ( Italian: tenente) in the ambulance corps of the Italian Army.
- Ernest Hemingway
- 1929
2 days ago · A Farewell to Arms, third novel by Ernest Hemingway. It was published in 1929. Like his early short stories and his novel The Sun Also Rises (1926), the work is full of the existential disillusionment of the ‘Lost Generation’ expatriates.
A Farewell to Arms is the unforgettable story of an American ambulance driver on the Italian front and his passion for a beautiful English nurse.
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Apr 1, 1997 · The best American novel to emerge from World War I, A Farewell to Arms is the unforgettable story of an American ambulance driver on the Italian front and his passion for a...
A classic novel by Ernest Hemingway about a young American ambulance driver and an English nurse in World War I. The story follows their love affair, his wounding and recovery, and their escape to Switzerland, where she dies in childbirth.
