A Farewell to Arms

Northern Italy, 1917.

Romance

War

Drama

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About this story

Northern Italy, 1917. You are Frederic Henry, an American lieutenant serving in the Italian ambulance corps during the Great War. In a shell-shattered hospital, you fall for Catherine Barkley, a British nurse. But the war grinds on relentlessly. Desertion means death. Loyalty means losing her. Every choice reshapes what love and survival mean in a world on fire.

Main Characters

Frederic Henry

An American lieutenant ambulance driver on the Italian front

Catherine Barkley

A British nurse who becomes Frederic's love and anchor

Rinaldi

Frederic's ebullient Italian surgeon friend who masks despair with bravado

World Setting

World War I Italy and Switzerland. Trenches, field hospitals, torrential rains, and the exhaustion of a generation sacrificed for political ambition.

Story facts

Genre: Romance, War, Drama
Audience: Adults
Length: About 12 decisions
Language: English
Based on: A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway

How it begins

I wanted to find a clean bandage for the corporal, but my hands shook, stained black with the grit of a shell-pitted road. The mortar fire rumbled in the distance, a low, persistent growl that promised to tear our fragile sanctuary apart before dawn. Inside the casualty station, the air reeked of damp wool and copper blood. Catherine moved between the cots, her starched apron stark against the gloom. She looked toward the door, her eyes searching for a reprieve that would not come. I could stay to help her dress the ragged wounds, or I could steal away to the supply truck and head toward the mountain pass while the shelling stalled the advance.

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