A farewell to arms
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Ernest Hemingway’s classic novel of love during wartime. 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 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, this gripping, semiautobiographical work captures the harsh realities of war and the pain of lovers caught in its inexorable sweep. Hemingway famously rewrote the ending to A Farewell to Arms thirty-nine times to get the words right. A classic novel of love during wartime, “A Farewell to Arms stands, more than eighty years after its first appearance, as a towering ornament of American literature” (The Washington Times).
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Hemingway, Ernest Author
Hemingway, Patrick Author of introduction, etc
Hemingway, Sean Author of introduction, etc
Slattery, John Narrator
Slattery, John,1962
Hemingway, Patrick Author of introduction, etc
Hemingway, Sean Author of introduction, etc
Slattery, John Narrator
Slattery, John,1962
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9780684837888
9780743565103
9780020519003
9780743564373
9781451681871
9780684801469
9780684717975
9780743565103
9780020519003
9780743564373
9781451681871
9780684801469
9780684717975
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Library Journal Review
These dual Hemingways are the latest volumes in the Scribner Paperback Fiction series (Classic Returns, February 15, p. 187). They offer quality trade size editions, featuring attractive covers and easily readable type size. Two of the greats. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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Library Journal Reviews
These dual Hemingways are the latest volumes in the Scribner Paperback Fiction series (Classic Returns, February 15, p. 187). They offer quality trade size editions, featuring attractive covers and easily readable type size. Two of the greats. Copyright 1995 Cahners Business Information.
Copyright 1995 Cahners Business Information.
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