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A Farewell to Arms: A Novel of Love, War, and Loss
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Classic FictionGeneral FictionLiterary Fiction
Publisher: Curated Collection Publishing
Published: Aug 1 2026
Pages: 312
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.70 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Set against the devastation of World War I, A Farewell to Arms is Ernest Hemingway's unforgettable novel of love, war, and the fragile hope of escape.
Frederic Henry is an American serving as an ambulance driver with the Italian army. Amid the violence and uncertainty of the Italian front, he meets Catherine Barkley, an English nurse grieving a loss of her own. What begins as flirtation gradually deepens into an intense relationship that offers them both a refuge from the chaos surrounding them.
But war has little respect for private happiness. After Frederic is wounded and sent to Milan, his relationship with Catherine grows more serious. When he later returns to the front, he is swept into the disastrous retreat from Caporetto, where confusion, fear, and arbitrary violence force him to make a choice that changes the course of his life. Determined to leave the war behind, Frederic and Catherine attempt to build a life together beyond its reach.
First published in 1929, A Farewell to Arms combines Hemingway's spare, direct prose with a deeply moving exploration of love, courage, disillusionment, and loss. Rather than romanticizing combat, the novel portrays war as chaotic, destructive, and indifferent to individual hopes. Against that brutal landscape, the bond between Frederic and Catherine becomes both an act of resistance and a reminder of how vulnerable happiness can be.
Powerful, intimate, and unsentimental, A Farewell to Arms remains one of Hemingway's defining works and one of the most enduring American novels to emerge from the experience of World War I. It is a compelling choice for readers of classic literature, historical fiction, wartime romance, and novels that explore how people search for meaning and connection in a world shaped by violence and uncertainty.
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