A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway is set during World War and follows American ambulance driver Henry's passionate love affair with English nurse Catherine. Hemingway's spare prose captures the brutality of war, the complexities of love, and the themes of loss, disillusionment, and the search for meaning in a chaotic world.
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Henry |
Lieutenant Frederic Henry, an American ambulance driver, finds love and confronts the brutality of war.
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Barkley |
Catherine Barkley is a nurse who becomes Henry's love interest and offers him solace and support.
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Rinaldi |
Rinaldi, Henry's friend and a surgeon in the Italian army, displays a charming and hedonistic personality.
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Greffi |
Count Greffi is an older Italian noblemen who provides wisdom and a cynical perspective on war.
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Ferguson |
Helen Ferguson Barkley's friend and fellow nurse at the American hospital.
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Van Campen |
Miss Van Campen is the superintendent of nurses at the American hospital in Milan.
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Gage
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Miss Gage is a nurse who helps Henry recover and becomes his friend.
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Valentini |
Dr. Valentini is an Italian surgeon who operates on Henry.
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Moretti |
Ettore Moretti, an Italian soldier from San Francisco, fights alongside Henry and experiences the horrors of war.
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Gino |
Gino is Henry's Italian friend who is extremely patriotic.
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Emilio |
Emilio is a bartender in Stresa who becomes a good friend to Henry.
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Simmons |
Ralph Simmons and Edgar Saunders are opera singers.
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Saunders |
Ralph Simmons and Edgar Saunders are opera singers.
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Bonello |
Bonello is a ruthless ambulance driver under Henry's command.
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