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Summary
Book 1, Chapters 1-3
Book 1, Chapters 4-6
Book 1, Chapters 7-9
Book 1, Chapters 10-12
Book 2, Chapters 13-15
Book 2, Chapters 16-18
Book 2, Chapters 19-21
Book 2, Chapters 22-24
Book 3, Chapters 25-27
Book 3, Chapters 28-30
Book 3, Chapters 31-32
Book 4, Chapters 33-35
Book 4, Chapters 36-37
Book 5, Chapters 38-41
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The novel begins in northern Italy during World War I: “In the late summer of the year we lived in a house in a village that looked across the river and the plain to the mountains” (3). Although it is not clear until subsequent chapters, the “we” refers to the Italian Army, and the narrator is Frederic Henry, an American serving as an officer in the Italian Second Army. Frederic is in the town of Gradisca at the start of the novel. None of those specifics are given in this brief chapter. Instead, the focus is on the landscape: the river full of rocks, the trees with their falling leaves, the low-lying plains contrasted against the mountains in the distance. Juxtaposed against this natural imagery are images of war: camouflaged troops marching along the road, huge weapons covered in branches, and artillery firing in the mountains. The soldiers are heading for the front.
The season shifts into fall, and the summer dust raised by the army troops has now changed into mud from the autumn rains. Against this dismal scene of slow plodding troops and trucks, cars speed by full of officers and “if the car went especially fast it was probably the King.
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A Clean, Well-Lighted Place
A Clean, Well-Lighted Place
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Across the River and into the Trees
Across the River and into the Trees
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A Day's Wait
A Day's Wait
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A Moveable Feast
A Moveable Feast
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A Very Short Story
A Very Short Story
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Big Two-Hearted River
Big Two-Hearted River
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Cat in the Rain
Cat in the Rain
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For Whom the Bell Tolls
For Whom the Bell Tolls
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Green Hills of Africa
Green Hills of Africa
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Hills Like White Elephants
Hills Like White Elephants
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In Another Country
In Another Country
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Indian Camp
Indian Camp
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In Our Time
In Our Time
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Old Man at the Bridge
Old Man at the Bridge
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Soldier's Home
Soldier's Home
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Solider's Home
Solider's Home
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Ten Indians
Ten Indians
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The Garden of Eden
The Garden of Eden
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The Killers
The Killers
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The Nick Adams Stories
The Nick Adams Stories
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