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A Farewell to Arms

By: Ernest Hemingway
Narrated by: John Slattery
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The definitive edition of the classic World War I romance novel, featuring all of the alternate endings: “Fascinating…serves as an artifact of a bygone craft, with handwritten notes and long passages crossed out, giving readers a sense of an author’s process” (The New York Times).

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 tragic story of an American ambulance driver on the Italian front and his passion for a beautiful English nurse.

Set against the looming horrors of the battlefield frontlines—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.

Ernest Hemingway famously said that he rewrote the ending to A Farewell to Arms thirty-nine times to get the words right. This edition collects all the alternative endings together for the first time, along with early drafts of other essential passages, offering new insight into Hemingway’s craft and creative process and the evolution of one of the greatest novels of the twentieth century.

Featuring Hemingway’s own 1948 introduction to an illustrated reissue of the novel, a personal foreword by the author’s son Patrick Hemingway, and a new introduction by the author’s grandson Seán Hemingway, this edition of A Farewell to Arms is truly a celebration. 20th Century Classics Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Veteran Creators War & Military World War I War Heartfelt Italy Military
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It's so wonderful to listen to this novel. You hear every word, every tone - when you read you can miss a lot. John Slattery gives life to the - on the surface - subdued lovestory. On my Top Ten!

No one besides Hemingway

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

Dull material, tediously read.

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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!

Brilliant! Buy it!

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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.

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

A beautiful story beautifully told

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I listened to this having really enjoyed For Whom The Bell Tolls .
I love Hemingway's style of writing.
He captures the horror and futility of war in both books.
A must read for everyone.

Great Hemingway Book.

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