A Farewell to Arms
Start Publishing PD · Print & ebook · September 15, 2025
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- Who it’s for
- An immersive classic where wartime brutality and intimate relationships share the page.
- Genres
- World War I Historical Fiction, 20th-Century Historical Romance, The Classics
- Published
- Start Publishing PD, September 15, 2025
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A Farewell to Arms was written by Ernest Hemingway in the late 1920s. Set during World War I, it is the first-person account of Lieutenant Frederick Henry, an American ambulance driver serving in the Italian army. The now-classic novel explores love, loss, and the brutal realities of war, capturing the horror of war as well as Henry’s relationships with others, most importantly with the English nurse Catherine Barkley.
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The book established Hemingway as an author of note and became his first bestseller. A 1929 New York Times review called it “a moving and beautiful book.” A Farewell to Arms was not, however, without controversy. First published in serial installments in Scribner’s Magazine, the issue containing the first installment was banned from Boston newsstands as pornographic—despite any graphic descriptions of sex.
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An immersive classic where wartime brutality and intimate relationships share the page.
Come here for
- A love story set against the brutal realities of World War I
- Hemingway’s spare, serious approach to love and loss
Expect
- A first-person account from an American ambulance driver in the Italian army
- Love and loss rendered without softening the war’s horror
Where it sits
| World War I Historical Fiction | 98% |
|---|---|
| 20th-Century Historical Romance | 50% |
| The Classics | 50% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- The Classics
- Literary Fiction
- Short Stories (Single Author)
- Authors
- Ernest Hemingway
- Publisher
- Start Publishing PD
- Published
- September 15, 2025
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- The Classics