A Farewell to Arms

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A Farewell to Arms is a classic war-time romance novel by Ernest Hemingway that follows an American ambulance driver in World War I and explores themes of love, loss, and the brutality of conflict.

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romance novel
war novel
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author Ernest Hemingway
censorship banned in Italy
censorshipReason perceived as anti-war and critical of the Italian army
containsCharacter Helen Ferguson
Rinaldi
the priest
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
criticalReputation considered a classic of 20th-century literature
considered one of Hemingway's major works
endingType tragic ending
firstPublicationYear 1929
genre literary fiction
war fiction
hasISBN 9780684801469
inspiredBy Ernest Hemingway's experiences as an ambulance driver in World War I
language English
literaryMovement Lost Generation
literaryPeriod Modernist literature
literaryStyle Hemingway iceberg theory
surface form: Hemingway's iceberg theory
mainCharacter Catherine Barkley
Frederic Henry
medium print
motif rain
retreat and escape
wounds and injury
narrationType first-person narration
narrativePerspective American ambulance driver in the Italian army
protagonist Frederic Henry
publisher Charles Scribner's Sons
settingPeriod World War I
settingPlace Italy
Italian Front
surface form: the Italian Front
structure divided into five books
theme disillusionment
loss
love
the brutality of conflict
the futility of war
the randomness of death
war

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Ernest Hemingway notableWork A Farewell to Arms
Lost Generation hasNotableWork A Farewell to Arms
Charles Scribner's Sons notableWorkPublished A Farewell to Arms
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this entity surface form: A Farewell to Arms (1932 film)
A Farewell to Arms adaptation A Farewell to Arms self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: A Farewell to Arms (1957 film)
A Farewell to Arms adaptation A Farewell to Arms self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: A Farewell to Arms (stage adaptation)
A Farewell to Arms adaptation A Farewell to Arms self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: A Farewell to Arms (television adaptation)
Death in the Afternoon precededBy A Farewell to Arms
Rock Hudson notableWork A Farewell to Arms
this entity surface form: A Farewell to Arms (1957 film)
Maxwell Perkins notableWork A Farewell to Arms
this entity surface form: A Farewell to Arms (as editor)
Jennifer Jones notableWork A Farewell to Arms
Helen Hayes notableWork A Farewell to Arms
Ernest Hemingway bibliography includesWork A Farewell to Arms
works of Ernest Hemingway notableWork A Farewell to Arms
subject surface form: Ernest Hemingway
Frederic Henry appearsIn A Farewell to Arms
Rinaldi appearsIn A Farewell to Arms
Jazz Age literature hasNotableWork A Farewell to Arms
Catherine Barkley appearsIn A Farewell to Arms
Catherine Barkley diesIn A Farewell to Arms
Helen Ferguson appearsIn A Farewell to Arms
Helen Ferguson firstAppearanceIn A Farewell to Arms