A timeless story of duty, love, and loss, by a master of American letters . Set on the Italian front during World War I, A Farewell to Arms tells the enduring story of an American expatriate serving in the Italian forces and his unexpected love for a beautiful English nurse. When the Italian army retreats in the face of a German advance, the couple hopes for nothing more than to leave the conflict behind, but neither anticipates the tragedy that awaits them.     Hemingway’s vivid depiction of the tide of war and the demoralized soldiers left in its wake is a landmark achievement, widely considered the defining literary portrait of the Great War to come out of America. Inspired by Ernest Hemingway’s own wartime experience, A Farewell to Arms brilliantly reflects upon the psychological and emotional costs of one of history’s most tragic conflicts.