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A Farewell to Arms, by Ernest Hemmingway is a romantic and tragic novel that takes place in World War I. The protagonist and main character, Lieutenant Frederic Henry, an American ambulance driver who works for the Italian army, is a passionless person until he meets Catherine Barkley. Catherine Barkley is an English nurse's aid who falls in love with Henry. Their love becomes a serious of complicated games due to Catherine's loss of her fiancé. Eventually, their love grows so strong, every scary and tragic moment Henry passes through, he is thinking of her.
The story starts out with Henry describing a small town in Italy where he lives in. Then, Rinaldi, a friend of his comes up and talks to him about how English nurses have been sent to the front line. Later that night, Henry meets Catherine and immediately falls in love with her. Catherine has been grieving for her fiancé's death, so meeting Henry has waken up her desire for eternal love.
Henry is brought to a......

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