# A Farewell to Arms

by [Ernest Hemingway](https://localbooks.app/authors/ernest-hemingway)

- Genres: [World War I](https://localbooks.app/genres/historical-fiction/world-war-i), [Historical Romance](https://localbooks.app/genres/romance/historical-romance)
- Set in: [Gorizia, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy](https://localbooks.app/places/it/friuli-venezia-giulia/gorizia); [Milan, Lombardy, Italy](https://localbooks.app/places/it/lombardy/milan); [Montreux, Vaud, Switzerland](https://localbooks.app/places/ch/vaud/montreux)
- Audience: Adult
- Published: 1929
- Pages: 332

## Description

Frederic Henry, an American ambulance driver with the Italian army in the First World War, falls in love with Catherine Barkley, an English nurse. As the war collapses around them, they try to escape it together.

## Where to buy

- [Open Library (ebook)](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL63072W)
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