Read A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway based the novel "A Farewell to Arms" on his own experiences as an ambulance driver in World War I.

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A Farewell to Arms

A Farewell to Arms is a semi-autobiographical novel written by Ernest Hemingway concerning events during the Italian campaigns during the First World War. The book, which was first published in 1929, is a first-person account of American Frederic Henry, serving as a Lieutenant ("Tenente") in the ambulance corps of the Italian Army. The title is taken from a poem by 16th-century English dramatist George Peele.

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