A Farewell to Arms

By: Ernest Hemingway

Narrated by: Mark Bowen

A Farewell to Arms is a novel by American writer Ernest Hemingway, set during the Italian campaign of World War I. First published in 1929, it is a first-person account of an American, Frederic Henry, serving as a lieutenant (Italian: tenente) in the ambulance corps of the Italian Army. The novel describes a love between the American expatriate and an English nurse, Catherine Barkley.

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Simplistic

Dull . Hard to believe this book was written by Ernest Hemingway. It is just barely on an adult level.

It is a classic story

Hemingway of course. Same writing of short simple sentences and yet the dialog takes you forward enough it draws you in. I did have trouble with the narrator.

Persevere, it may be worth it

The other reviewers were absolutely right about the odd affect of the narrator, and as my heading suggests I literally had to persevere to get past it and try to listen to the story. I would say that the narrator did a passable English accent of Catherine, except it turns out she was Scottish.. good try though. The story was, certainly by today’s standard, rather hackneyed but a passable account of the Italian front and the arbitrary and cruel nature of war.

This was my first book of Hemingway and it seems that everyone in the war drank a LOT; I’m not sure if I will bother reading another of his stories, but if I do it will be via paper.

However, do persevere and you may enjoy it more than me.

Had To Stop listening

The narrator is horrible. His voice chokes off at the end of every sentence. Ruined the whole story. Stopped after 1 chapter.