A Farewell to Arms: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

A Farewell to Arms, credited to Ernest Hemingway, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway. Read in English by KevinS. Ernest Hemingway's novel A Farewell to Arms is often referred to as a war novel, which is true enough. There is certainly blood and gore, along with a measure of dark humor, but the novel is more a love story than an account of battles between soldiers. Hemingway introduces us to Frederic Henry, an American volunteer serving in the sanitary services of the Italian Army in the north of Italy during World War One. He is a Lieutenant supervising ambulance drivers and is often near the front lines. Badly wounded by a shell, Henry passes through a number of surgeries and, while convalescing, meets Catherine Barkley with whom he begins an affair. Their story follows them from Gorizia, to Milan, to Stresa, and, finally, and ironically, to Switzerland, a neutral nation. A Farewell to Arms was first published in Scribner's Magazine across some few months in 1929. Its publication was the source of controversy because of its subject matter and strong language.

Recording facts

• Recording title: A Farewell to Arms
• Author credits: Ernest Hemingway
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 20
• Listed recording duration: 8:21:24

Catalogue topics

• Italy
• World War One
• hemingway
• love affair
• italian front

Track guide

1. 01 - Book 1, Chapters 1 - 5 — 40:26
2. 02 - Book 1, Chapters 6 - 8 — 29:45
3. 03 - Book 1, Chapter 9 — 28:13
4. 04 - Book 1, Chapters 10 - 12 — 26:17
5. 05 - Book 2, Chapters 13 - 15 — 28:59
6. 06 - Book 2, Chapters 16 - 18 — 20:36
7. 07 - Book 2, Chapters 19 - 20 — 24:46
8. 08 - Book 2, Chapters 21 - 22 — 19:08
9. 09 - Book 2, Chapters 23 - 24 — 22:23
10. 10 - Book 3, Chapters 25 - 26 — 25:25
11. 11 - Book 3, Chapter 27 — 23:14
12. 12 - Book 3, Chapters 28 - 29 — 24:45
13. 13 - Book 3, Chapter 30 — 30:27
14. 14 - Book 3, Chapters 31 - 32 — 13:33
15. 15 - Book 4, Chapters 33 - 34 — 23:11
16. 16 - Book 4, Chapters 35 - 36 — 24:37
17. 17 - Book 4, Chapter 37 — 26:02
18. 18 - Book 5, Chapter 38 — 19:22
19. 19 - Book 5, Chapters 39 - 40 — 14:04
20. 20 - Book 5, Chapter 41 — 36:11

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