num_pages: 355
description: Written when Ernest Hemingway was thirty years old and lauded as 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 beautiful English nurse. Set against the looming horrors of the battlefield-weary, demoralized men marching in the rain during the German attack on Caporetto; the profound struggle between loyalty and desertion-this gripping, semi-autobiographical work captures the harsh realities of war and the pain of lovers caught in its inexorable sweep.
language: English
title: FAREWELL TO ARMS
titlecomplete: FAREWELL TO ARMS
characters: Rinaldi, Frederic Henry, Catherine Barkley
genres: Fiction, Historical, War, American, Classic Literature, Literature, Romance, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 312569
places: Switzerland, Italy, Milan, Lombardy
publisher: Random House UK