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A Farewell to Arms

By: Ernest Hemingway
Narrated by: John Slattery
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Summary

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.

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best read of Hemmingways

truly enjoyed this.

although the female English accent on a man is annoying at times the story and descriptions are Hemmingway at his best.

highly recommended!

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Still Hemingway

Definitely not his best, but it reads with the same descriptive nature that Hemingway is known for
If you're a fan of his pragmatic and no-nonsense style, you'll be satisfied
If you just want a moving book by a classic author, For Whom The Bell Tolls is a better example of his work

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A good listen.

There is good reason for it to be considered a classic. The reading is very good.

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Brilliant! Buy it!

Written beautifully. Read brilliantly. A very enjoyable audiobook. I would recommend both the novel and this particular version if you want to listen to it. Really enjoyable!

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Dull material, tediously read.

The monotonous reading doesn't help to liven what seems to be dull material anyway. Gave up around chapter 7.

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Amazing. One of hemingways best

The naration corresponded well with the storyline. The choice of narator was very good. amazing book. amazing story. i loved it

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Darling it pains me!!!!

I kept waiting for this story to take off but it repeated words and sentences continually . With the praise so high and the legendary status of Hemingway I am so disappointed .
I would recommend that this is not used to waste your time. There are many many books old and new that give you amazing journeys across war torn Europe with characters that have depth .
I am truly disappointed.

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Dull dull dull

Have tried to like this story after visiting Hemingway House and feeling like I must be missing the point. Clearly I have missed the point. It's a long and quite dull tale within which not much happens for a very long time, and the narrator's voice lulls me to sleep. Not great for a driving companion! So, have given up. Some things are not meant to be.

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A beautiful story beautifully told

Would you consider the audio edition of A Farewell to Arms to be better than the print version?

John Slattery's portrayal of an american medic serving with the Italian infantry in WW2 is just so lovely. He inhabits the Hemingway character perfectly. I was so hooked I barely stopped listening from start to finish.

What was one of the most memorable moments of A Farewell to Arms?

The relationship between Henry and Barkley is subtle, beautiful and so moving.

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This one has legs?but not wings

The myth of Hemingway the man and the Boy?s Own nature of his subject-matter sometimes obscures the reader?s ability to evaluate his style and the quality of his prose. I remember years ago his short staccato style being described as having the purity of a clean mountain stream. He is primarily a story teller and does this by retreating as a writer and hiding behind the scenery delivering enough words to get us quickly through the plot. And it is the plot that is the point.
Interesting enough as a story, but the price paid is evident in the interplay between Lieutenant Frederic Henry and Catherine Barkley which remains two dimensional.

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