A Farewell to Arms is a classic novel written by Ernest Hemingway. The story follows an American ambulance driver in Italy during World War I, and a nurse, Catherine Barkley, with whom he falls in love. The story is narrated by this driver, Frederic Henry. Whether or not this book is truly an anti-war novel is debatable, but it is an excellent depiction of the effects an ongoing war has on soldiers, and how the men try to numb this pain. Nearly all the characters in the novel try to divert themselves…
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