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A Farewell to Arms

By: Ernest Hemingway
Narrated by: John Slattery
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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.

Hemingway's frank portrayal of the love between Lieutenant Henry and Catherine Barkley, caught in the inexorable sweep of war, glows with an intensity unrivaled in modern literature, while his description of the German attack on Caporetto, of lines of fired men marching in the rain, hungry, weary, and demoralized, is one of the greatest moments in literary history.

A story of love and pain, of loyalty and desertion, A Farewell to Arms, written when he was 30 years old, represents a new romanticism for Hemingway.

©1929 Charles Scribner's Sons. Copyright renewed 1957 Ernest Hemingway (P)2006 Simon & Schuster Inc. AUDIOWORKS is an imprint of Simon & Schuster Audio Division, Simon & Schuster, Inc.

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Great book 5 ⭐️performance

John Slattery is a fine narrator and conveyed the Story to perfection. Great book. Great performance!

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Good read

It is a realistic aspect of life. Well written. And to the point.

I’ve seen war and this captures it in such a real way. Not the same as my experience because things are never the same. Just life

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Perfect reader for this book!

This is Hemingway’s first “bestseller” and it put him on the map - John Slattery is the perfect reader as he truly inhabits the character of Frederic Henry, plus all the other wonderful characters. It is a moving story of love, friendship, and chaos during wartime, and sadly still resonates. Excellent reading of this classic novel~

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Hemingway on Young Hemingway.

While many complain about the omission of the profanity it really do not bother me as the war is gritty real enough and the performance is just as needed lifting the book to an atmosphere of being abroad in an alien land filled with distinct characters. For all that the romance and time together is just that and not particularly romantic and perhaps that is part of its intent to place love in context within war and loss without the over sentiment that distance provides. And the war front parts are great in keeping a certain distance too but that loses none of the intensity. Required Hemingway if you read all his work as autobiography and situates his relationship with women. As such this is better as a lead to Sun Also Rises, which remains my favorite novel of his.

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Tremendous narration

John Slattery aptly captures the cadence and mood in of this beautiful novel. I normally don’t care for narrators who do different voices, but Slattery’s characters were distinct and moving.

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Recommended by friend

Very moving. Heartbreaking but full of light moments too. Glad I finally read it. Great recommendation.

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So good

Great story. Great vocal performance. Listened to the whole thing in a day. Highly recommend

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A tragic love story

The ending was different than I had expected. I had anticipated “A Farewell To Arms” to have a military closure.. Having said that, the narration by John Slattery went excellent.. Would recommend to anyone who has an interest in both war and love …

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Beautiful and heartbreaking- wonderful voice.

Loved the reader, a classic war and romance story, a must read for summer listening

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Totally Hemingway

The story puts the reader alongside the living, the loving and the dead.
The ending is especially great drama with page by page and line by line descriptions of the taste and feel of life and then the lead character springs the fateful trap.

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