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A Farewell to Arms

By: Ernest Hemingway
Narrated by: John Slattery
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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.

©1929 Charles Scribner's Sons. Copyright renewed 1957 Ernest Hemingway (P)2006 Simon & Schuster Inc. AUDIOWORKS is an imprint of Simon & Schuster Audio Division, Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Classics Fiction Literary Fiction War & Military War Inspiring Military

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old world classic

Having started reading this book when we were staying on Isola Pescatori (Island of the Fishermen) on Lago Maggiore I was keen to listen to it. I loved hearing about the same places in the book that we had visited in this historical setting. I did however tire of Katherine's frequent attempts at not annoying her partner and they did seem too lovey dovey continually discussing that they loved each other. I guess this is the style of a great classic of that time. It is a real classic and well worth a read.

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Farewell

Hemingway has an interesting writing style, but I found just about every bit of dialogue between the protagonist and love interest was insufferable. As a character, the love interest is particularly awful.

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Classic

A very captivating story, shows the harsh reality of life and love. I enjoyed every moment.

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Enjoyable Hemingway Novel. Fabulous Dialogue.

Its a good read, like most Hemingway novels and as usual his style is very spare. Touches your heart and you feel for the characters. Fabulous dialogue, especially between the main character(American) and Italian doctors and paramedics. The narrator is a master of accents.

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A potent reflection of life as it happens.

An outstanding presentation by John Slattery with a final chapter that lifts the entire book above the sometimes doubtful level of improbability.

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beautiful

superb narration and a lovely story that brought a year to my eye. Must read more Hemingway

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Incredible, takes a little bit to get into but worth it

I’m not ok after that. It really is an incredible book I’m gonna need some time to process

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Phenomenal

A centrepiece of Hemingway’s writings, a truly transformative tale of love and loss. Heartbreak and pain is coupled with what can only be described as finding a fantasy love. One of the best books every written in my opinion.

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Only as E.H. can

I cuss you beyond the grave, Ernest Hemingway 😠
Superb narration by John Slattery! Plus a few more words to exceed fifteen for the review.

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A classic with wonderful narration

Slattery’s narration was captivating - he very much captured Hemingway’s minimalist narrative style. Tragic and beautiful.

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