description: By turns romantic and harshly realistic, Hemingway's story of a tragic romance set against the brutality and confusion of World War I cemented his fame as a stylist and as a writer of extraordinary literary power. A volunteer ambulance driver and a beautiful English nurse fall in love when he is wounded on the Italian front.
language: English
title: A Farewell to Arms
titlecomplete: A Farewell to Arms
characters: Frederic Henry, Catherine Barkley, Rinaldi
genres: Classics, American, Historical, Novels, War, Classic Literature, Romance, Historical Fiction, Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 312476
places: Milan, Lombardy, Italy, Switzerland
publisher: Books on Tape