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A Farewell to Arms
by Hemingway, Ernest
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Exterior rubbed and soiled; leaves clean. binding tight. No jacket. Overall a very good(-) to good(+ )
- Seller
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Oakland, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Scribner, 1929. Presumably the second state of first trade edition, with legal notice of dedication page verso. Hardcover. Exterior rubbed and soiled; leaves clean. binding tight. No jacket. Overall a very good(-) to good(+ ). Octavo in black cloth with copper-colored title label to spine and front board; 355 pages ; 21 cm. "An unforgettable World War I story of an American ambulance driver on the Italian front and his love for an English nurse
Nurses -- Fiction. World War, 1914-1918 -- Fiction. Man-woman relationships -- Fiction. American fiction -- 20th century. World War, 1914-1918 -- Fiction. Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. Relations entre hommes et femmes -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. Roman américain -- 20e siècle. Conducteurs d'ambulance -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. Infirmières -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. Nurses Ambulance drivers Man-woman relationships American fiction Fiction War stories. Fiction. Romans. Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961.
Nurses -- Fiction. World War, 1914-1918 -- Fiction. Man-woman relationships -- Fiction. American fiction -- 20th century. World War, 1914-1918 -- Fiction. Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. Relations entre hommes et femmes -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. Roman américain -- 20e siècle. Conducteurs d'ambulance -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. Infirmières -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. Nurses Ambulance drivers Man-woman relationships American fiction Fiction War stories. Fiction. Romans. Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961.
Synopsis
Set during World War 1, Ernest Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms is the story of Lieutenant Frederic Henry, an American serving as an ambulance driver in the Italian army, and his love affair with an English nurse named Catherine Barkley. The novel is semi-autobiographical, based on Hemingway's own experiences serving in the Italian campaigns during the war. While some assume the title of the work to be taken from a poem by 16th century English dramatist George Peele, others believe it to be a simple pun of the word “arms.” A Farewell to Arms was first serialized in the May-October issues Scribner's Magazine 1929. It was published in book form in September of that year. As the work became available to the public just over ten years after the November 1918 armistice, Hemingway assumed his audience would recognize many of the references. In fact, certain basic information isn't alluded to in the book at all, as it was common knowledge around the time of publication. The result of this immediacy? Arguably one of the best novels written about World War I… ever. A Farewell to Arms was Hemingway's first bestseller, affording him financial independence and cementing his stature as a modern American writer. More specifically, the novel and its content helped to established the author as a key member of the “Lost Generation,” a subset of Modernist artists namely defined by their post-war disillusionment. A Farewell to Arms is ranked 74th on Modern Library’s “100 Best” English-language novels of the 20th century.
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On Dec 18 2015, a reader said:
It has a good plot, but its boring.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bibliope by Calvello Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 101502
- Title
- A Farewell to Arms
- Author
- Hemingway, Ernest
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Exterior rubbed and soiled; leaves clean. binding tight. No jacket. Overall a very good(-) to good(+ )
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Presumably the second state of first trade edition, with legal n
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1929
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