A Farewell to Arms
1929 novel by Ernest Hemingway
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Summary
A Farewell to Arms is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15,617 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Author: Ernest Hemingway[3]
- Genre: war novel[4]
- Commons category: A Farewell to Arms[5]
- Language of work or name: English[6]
- Country of origin: United States[7]
- Inception: 1929[8]
- Publication date: January 1, 1929[9]
- Characters: Frederic Henry[10]
- Has edition or translation: A Farewell to Arms[11], Q141796942[12]
- Main subject: World War I[13]
- Title: A Farewell to Arms[14]
- Different from: A Farewell to Arms[15]
- First line: In the late summer of that year we lived in a house in a village that looked across the river and the plain to the mountains.[16]
- Last line: After a while I went out and left the hospital and walked back to the hotel in the rain.[17]
- Derivative work: A Farewell to Arms[18]
- Copyright status: public domain[19]
- P14541: 4fSXLV[20]
Why It Matters
A Farewell to Arms has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]