A Farewell to Arms

A Farewell to Arms is Ernest Hemingway’s powerful anti-war novel set during World War I. It follows American ambulance driver Frederic Henry and British nurse Catherine Barkley as they fall in love amid the chaos of war. Despite their devotion, tragedy strikes due to the senseless brutality of conflict and fate’s cruelty. Written in Hemingway’s signature understated prose, the novel poignantly exposes the futility of war and the fragility of love.