A Farewell to Arms | Book-by-Book Summary

Book One
A Farewell to Arms opens in Italy during the First World War. The novel’s main character, Frederic Henry, is a young American serving as a second lieutenant in the Italian Army. He is attached to a unit in Gorizia, in which he works as an ambulance driver. In addition to Frederic, the reader is introduced to two other characters: first a priest, who Frederic’s friends enjoy baiting and teasing; and second Rinaldi, a good-looking Italian surgeon and a friend of Frederic’s. He shares with Frederic the typical soldier’s lifestyle of...

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