Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway (1997, Hardcover)

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A Farewell to Arms (Scribner Classics) by Hemingway, Ernest [Hardcover]

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PublisherScribner
ISBN-100684837889
ISBN-139780684837888
eBay Product ID (ePID)15091

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Book TitleFarewell to Arms
Number of Pages304 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicClassics, War & Military, Literary
Publication Year1997
GenreFiction
AuthorErnest Hemingway
FormatHardcover

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Item Height1 in
Item Weight19.2 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in

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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN96-053356
Dewey Edition23/eng/20240329
TitleLeadingA
Dewey Decimal813/.52
Edition DescriptionSpecial
SynopsisA story of love and pain, loyalty and desertion, this classic edition of A Farewell to Arms is the unforgettable tale of an American ambulance driver on the Italian front and his passion for a beautiful English nurse set against the backdrop of World War I. 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--a love with an intensity unrivaled in modern literature. 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, semiautobiographical work captures the harsh realities of war and the pain of lovers caught in its inexorable sweep., 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. Hemingway's frank portrayal of the love between Lieutenant Henry and Catherine Barkley, caught in the inexorable sweep of war, glows with an intensity unrivaled in modern literature, while his description of the German attack on Caporetto -- of lines of fired men marching in the rain, hungry, weary, and demoralized -- is one of the greatest moments in literary history. A story of love and pain, of loyalty and desertion, A Farewell to Arms, written when he was 30 years old, represents a new romanticism for Hemingway., The best American novel to emerge from World War I,A Farewell to Armsis the unforgettable story of an American ambulance driver on the Italian front and his passion for a beautiful English nurse. Hemingway's frank portrayal of the love between Lieutenant Henry and Catherine Barkley, caught in the inexorable sweep of war, glows with an intensity unrivaled in modern literature, while his description of the German attack on Caporetto -- of lines of fired men marching in the rain, hungry, weary, and demoralized -- is one of the greatest moments in literary history. A story of love and pain, of loyalty and desertion,A Farewell to Arms,written when he was 30 years old, represents a new romanticism for Hemingway.
LC Classification NumberPS3515.E37F3 1997

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