A Farewell to Arms
7. February 2025
Price: $11.95 - $7.95
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”A Farewell to Arms” is Hemingway’s classic set during the Italian campaign of World War I. The book, published in 1929, is a first-person account of American Frederic Henry, serving as a Lieutenant (“Tenente”) in the ambulance corps of the Italian Army.
It’s about a love affair between the expatriate American Henry and Catherine Barkley against the backdrop of the First World War, cynical soldiers, fighting and the displacement of populations. The publication of ”A Farewell to Arms” cemented Hemingway’s stature as a modern American writer, became his first best-seller, and is described by biographer Michael Reynolds as “the premier American war novel from that debacle World War I.”
ASIN : B0DKXRS1S6
Publisher : Rare Treasure Editions (January 1, 2025)
Publication date : January 1, 2025
Language : English
File size : 577 KB
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Not Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 326 pages
Customers say
Customers find the book easy to read and worth reading. They praise the writing quality as simple yet profound, with tight prose. The book provides meaningful insights and is thought-provoking from an academic perspective. Readers describe the style as beautiful and classic. They appreciate the haunting portrayal of actual battlefield conditions and a personal look at war and human relationships during this most. However, some feel the characters lack interest and are uninteresting or narcissistic.
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