
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway is a semi-autobiographical novel set during World War I, following the story of American Lieutenant Frederic Henry and English nurse Catherine Barkley as they fall in love amidst the chaos of war. The book showcases Hemingway's spare writing style, depicting the struggles and courage of the characters in the face of great loss and uncertainty.
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Content warnings include depictions of war violence, injury, death, disillusionment, and themes of loss and tragedy.
Has Romance?
The novel prominently features a love story between Frederic Henry and Catherine Barkley, making romance a central element.
From The Publisher:
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.
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Loved It (24) | |
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It Was OK (11) | |
Did Not Like (5) | |
Hated It (4) |
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Out of the three novels I've read by Ernest Hemingway previously the highest rated one only got 3 stars. The other one got 2 and one stars. So safe to say that Ernest Hemingway wasn't an author I thought was all that great and I've been staying away from his books thinking I would never enjoy a work from his. But for some reason I was compelled to try this one and I'm so glad I have him a fourth try. The writing is still very much his way of writing and so are the characters yet somehow I ended up really enjoying this story. Not very full on a lot of happening story but captivating in it's own way. Might need to try some other books by him in the future
Heartbreaking.
I just never was able to get into Hemingway. I felt like it was always pages and pages describing the visual stuff, strung together with occasional nuggets of story...
Terse and masculine. Upbeat tone with a depressing end. Surreal love arc. Overall a really great story.
It was so boring and slow. Only read it because I had to in high school
About the Author:
Ernest Hemingway did more to change the style of English prose than any other writer of his time. Publication of The Sun Also Rises and A Farewell to Arms immediately established Hemingway as one of the greatest literary lights of the twentieth century. His classic novel The Old Man and the Sea won the Pulitzer Prize in 1953. Hemingway was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954. His life and accomplishments are explored in-depth in the PBS documentary film from Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, Hemingway. Known for his larger-than-life personality and his passions for bullfighting, fishing, and big-game hunting, he died in Ketchum, Idaho on July 2, 1961.
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