A guide to reading "A Farewell to Arms" with a critical and appreciative mind. Includes background on the author's life and times, sample tests, term paper suggestions, and a reading list.
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A subtle reminder of the power of love...and love lost,
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This review is from: Ernest Hemingway's a Farewell to Arms (Barron's Book Notes) (Paperback)
Hemingway sure knows how to stir the soul! The love affair between the ambulance driver and his young nurse is at once magical and practical. There is total acceptance by both, and the backdrop of the story, WWI, seems to disappear from view as the true war between hearts takes over. I won't give out the ending, but it took me 3 hours to fall asleep once I finished this book! I know of no other writer who can pack such a wallop into his last page. I am at a loss for words
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Love prevails over War,
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This review is from: Ernest Hemingway's a Farewell to Arms (Barron's Book Notes) (Paperback)
Hemingway grabs the attention of all his audiences by writing with matters of the heart. The love affair between a an ambulance driver and the work driven nurse is almost like a romantic poem that dances in the readers' mind. The characters aren't complex so it makes it easier enjoy the pure romance put against the backdrop of the turmoil or World War I. The night that the driver and Catherine spent in the hotel was simply set in a sort room that had a feeling of the old love that would be found between Rett Butler and Scarlett O'Hara. The vivid images of a foom furnished in plush red sets the mood. The diolauge is short but sweet, very meaningful. I particularly liked the way the characters found the romance to be a day by day thing. They absorbed as much as they could from each other, never taking the time they spent for granted. I don't want to give away the ending of this beautiful novel. I found myself bewildered and I believe the climax doesn't occur until the end. I was in a trance because I am a romantic and if you are blessed with a heart open to love stories, this story takes the cake, the wedding cake to be exact.
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Ernest Hemingway once gave some advice to his fellow writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Frederic Henry, World War, Catherine Barkley, Villa Rossa, Helen Ferguson, Miss Gage, United States, Count Greffi, Miss Van Campen, Tagliamento River New!
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Ernest Hemingway once gave some advice to his fellow writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Frederic Henry, World War, Catherine Barkley, Villa Rossa, Helen Ferguson, Miss Gage, United States, Count Greffi, Miss Van Campen, Tagliamento River New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- A Farewell To Arms by Ernest Hemingway on 19 pages
- The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway on 6 pages
- In Our Time by Ernest Hemingway on 4 pages
- Ernest Hemingway and His World by Anthony Burgess in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway on page 3, page 6, and Back Matter
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