place. Fred is in Italy at the beginning of the war and he joins the Italian army. The city that Fred

is stationed in throughout most of the book is Gorizia.

Frederic Henry meets a beautiful English nurse named Catherine Barkley near the front

between Italy and Austria-Hungary. At first, Henry's relationship with Catherine is an

complicated game based on his attempt to seduce her, but when he is wounded and sent to the

American hospital where Catherine works, their relationship progresses and they begin a

passionate affair. After his recovery in the hospital, Henry returns to the war front. During

a massive retreat from the Austrians and Germans, the Italian forces become disordered and

chaotic. Henry is forced to shoot an engineer sergeant under his command and in the confusion

is arrested by the Italian military police for the crime of not being Italian. Disgusted with the

army and facing death at the hands of the battle police, Henry decides he has had enough of war.

He dives into the river to escape. After swimming to safety, Henry boards a train and reunites

with Catherine--now pregnant with Henry's ch

Catherine, Frederick slowly finds his own inner strength. Frederick's affair with

about the people and events of World War I in Italy. The book was not the least bit confusing

starts at the beginning of the novel and is not resolved until Catherine's death.

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Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)