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A Farewell to Arms.

by HEMINGWAY, Ernest

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About This Item

New York:: The Modern Library,, [1932].. First Modern Library edition.. publisher's flexible cloth in dust jacket.. Slightly cocked; light use; in a bright jacket with some chipping to the top edge and a short closed tear at the bottom of the front panel.. 12mo,. Inscribed by Hemingway on the half-title. The recipient, Vivian Reeves, was apparently a childhood friend of Pauline Hemingway, the author's second wife, in Arkansas. A photograph Reeves, signed by her, is included.

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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It has a good plot, but its boring.

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Bookseller
Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
24550
Title
A Farewell to Arms.
Author
HEMINGWAY, Ernest
Format/Binding
Publisher's flexible cloth in dust jacket.
Book Condition
Used - Slightly cocked; light use; in a bright jacket with some chipping to the top edge and a short closed tear at the bottom of the f
Edition
First Modern Library edition.
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
The Modern Library,
Place of Publication
New York:
Date Published
[1932].
Pages
355 pp.
Size
12mo,

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Chipping
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Inscribed
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12mo
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