Project Gutenberg 2025-01-24 Public domain in the USA. 14868 Hemingway, Ernest 1899 1961 A farewell to arms $aNew York :$bCHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS, $c1929. Wikipedia page on this work: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Farewell_to_Arms Cindy Beyer & the online Distributed Proofreaders Canada team at http://www.pgdpcanada.net "A Farewell to Arms" by Ernest Hemingway is a novel written in the late 1920s. The story is set during World War I and follows the experiences of an American ambulance driver named Frederick Henry, who serves in the Italian army. The novel explores themes of love, loss, and the brutal realities of war, capturing both the beauty and the horror that the main character encounters, as well as his relationships with others, particularly with the English nurse Catherine Barkley. The opening of the book establishes a wartime setting filled with vivid imagery of soldiers, artillery, and the changing landscapes marked by the conflict. The narrative introduces readers to Henry's life in a village close to the front lines, describing the daily passage of troops and the omnipresent reminder of war through sounds of artillery in the mountains. As the seasons progress from summer to winter, there are hints of both the physical and emotional toll that war exacts on those involved. The protagonist's interactions with soldiers and his reflections on the war foreshadow the personal struggles he will face, both in his duties as a driver and in his complex relationship with Catherine Barkley, who becomes a significant focal point in his life amidst the chaos of war. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://files.libcom.org/files/farewelltoarms01hemi.pdf 20250122082356hemingway 1929 US Reading ease score: 95.8 (5th grade). Very easy to read. en World War, 1914-1918 -- Fiction War stories Man-woman relationships -- Fiction Military deserters -- Fiction Military hospitals -- Fiction Soldiers -- United States -- Fiction War wounds -- Fiction World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Italy -- Fiction World War, 1914-1918 -- Medical care -- Fiction PS Text Category: Romance Category: Novels Category: Classics of Literature Category: American Literature Category: History - Warfare 628547 2025-06-29T14:21:39.760652 text/html 611512 2025-01-24T20:49:08 text/html 214390 2025-06-29T14:21:47.691604 application/epub+zip 222637 2025-06-29T14:21:41.178696 application/epub+zip 216636 2025-06-29T14:21:40.491639 application/epub+zip 395162 2025-06-29T14:21:52.678634 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 360128 2025-06-29T14:21:46.965670 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 525559 2025-06-29T14:21:37.388698 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 505766 2025-01-24T20:49:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17967 2025-06-29T14:21:52.823599 application/rdf+xml 12191 2025-06-29T14:21:40.595679 image/jpeg 2379 2025-06-29T14:21:40.544640 image/jpeg 204692 2025-06-29T14:21:39.804681 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia