num_pages: 80
description: Questions traditional views of courage and honor through the story of Captain Bluntschli, a Swiss soldier stationed in Bulgaria in the late nineteenth century.
language: English
title: Arms and the Man
titlecomplete: Arms and the Man (Shaw Library)
characters: Catherine Petkoff, Major Paul Petkoff, Raina Petkoff, Louka (Arms and the Man), Sergius Saranoff, Nicola (Arms and the Man), Captain Bluntschli
genres: Fiction, Plays, Humor, Theatre, Classics, 19th Century, Drama, Comedy, Romance, Literature
ratings_count: 10608
places: Bulgaria
publisher: Penguin Books