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A Farewell to Arms
- Narrated by: John Slattery
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Classics
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- Ellen Keith
- 2018-09-19
A satisfying story with great narration
I wasn't expecting to enjoy this as much as I did. I like Hemingway more and more with every book of his I encounter. The narration was pleasant to listen to, the story flowed well, and I found myself pausing it to jot down quotes on several occasions. Highly recommended! #Audible1
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- Lu Yifan
- 2021-10-02
great narration, great story.
Not a single word in the ending was redundant, every word was stabbing into my heart like a sharp dagger.
Plus, the narrator sounded just like the characters jumping out from the story.
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- Timothy
- 2021-07-19
Great.
Thoroughly enjoyed the recording. John Slattery was a good choice and did well with accents. Loved it.
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- Doug Floyd
- 2021-05-10
Stellar narration
A must listen classic with a really spot on narration. Well done. Hemingway - not a bad writer eh?!! 🤪
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- Matt S.
- 2021-01-05
Powerful!
Very well read, the passion and performance the narrator puts into book is phenomenal
The story as well is as good as it was made out to be. It definitely felt like being transported back in time to WW1 and how things were a little simpler and more romancisized. I would strongly recommend this book.
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- Anonymous User
- 2020-06-14
Excellent Classic!!
A great love story from Ww1
John Slattery brought it to life!Perfect narration.Loved it alot.
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- Mauro
- 2019-10-19
Great book!
It's a powerful story of struggle between hope and hopelessness, of how people can be as vicious as nature itself, from which we stem and to which we are bound. Great writing and production!
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- Adam and Angie Brown
- 2019-05-18
Extraordinarily Narrated
We all know Hemingway is good. Slattery's narration makes him better. Great introduction to Hemingway!
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- Valerian
- 2011-06-17
This is not unabridged
Really a great story from really a great narrator. If it was truly unabridged, I would unhesitatingly go for five stars. However, all of the profanity is omitted. There is a silent gap where Hemingway intended a profane word. Hemingway chose his words carefully and he used profanity to make a point about World War I. Of another of his works, Hemingway said "I've tried to reduce profanity but I reduced so much profanity when writing the book that I'm afraid not much could come out. Perhaps we will have to consider it simply as a profane book and hope that the next book will be less profane or perhaps more sacred."
The censorship is conspicuous and, in the case of the retreat chapter, it compromises the narrative. It is a lie to call this audiobook "unabridged." Audible needs to either respect Hemingway's work, or re-categorize this audiobook as abridged.
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- Colin
- 2011-10-31
Just FYI
Amazingly, this is the edited version (curse words removed). As I understand it, that's how it was published originally, yet it's still a bizarre choice for today's audio version.
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- Lauriesland
- 2012-06-29
This Narrator Nails It
Of course this is a wonderful, affecting novel, and I am enjoying listening to it. But this narrator! What a wonderful performance! He has the perfect delivery for Frederic Henry, capturing the character with his voice, timing, and inflection. Slattery switches between accents and genders without missing a beat. I can lose myself in the narrative and dialogue, thinking that the characters are real and speaking to me.
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- JOHN
- 2008-09-25
Not my favorite of Hemingway
While a very good book, not my favorite of Hemingway novels. Written in classic Hemingway prose, with very mundanely realistic dialogues, it was the story itself that I did not love. This is purely a personal opinion, but I found the narrative dragged at times.
Excellent reader, easy to listen to.
I would suggest to anyone considering listening to Hemingway on Audible, that you might be better served with THE SUN ALSO RISES or FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS.
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- Benedict
- 2006-12-12
Wonderful book
I am relatively new to Hemingway. I had read all the criticisms of Hemingway particularly by journalists over the years, and since they said he wrote using simple words I did not bother with him.
They said Hemingway was too concerned with being macho, well this story tells one sweetest stories I have read, and the macho thing is a silly remark to have been made.
The reader was very good and I was taken with his ability to do various Italian accents so clearly, along with his other characterizations.
What a wonderful and tender story, and the characters I understood as if they were real.
Hemingway's character portrayals are remarkable because they seem like you really knew these people.
Ben
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- N. D. Hemingway
- 2016-10-10
Brilliant narration
First, the censorship isn't an issue. From what I've read the book itself was censored and is still published that way, so it follows that the audio would be also. Skipping over the few swear words didn't ruin the flow to me.
The narration is perfect. Brilliant. He brings life to Italian characters and others, and the slight dramatization is never tedious. It's great.
Hemingway wrote a great book. It's not as much a war story as it is a story that takes place during a time of war. It's follows the life of a soldier but it doesn't linger on battles. It might linger on the love story, becoming maybe a touch too romantic at times, but it always gets reeled back in, and the story is always interesting.
And of course, it's full of wine and wit.
9 people found this helpful
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- ken
- 2017-03-08
Great novel, great narration, terrible production
The famed novel that marked the beginning of Ernest Hemingway's great career. An American officer in the service of Italy during WW1 meets and English nurse..... John Slattery makes an outstanding performance. His accent and speech of the English translation of Italian is convincing. He even does a good woman's voice.
But this is not an unabridged production. Misleading advertising during the description. So many words are censored out leaving the listener wondering what was said. I would prefer to have had Mr. Hemingway's actual writing, but if some words were too offensive for the producer I would rather the words be replaced with a similar word of the same meaning.
I recommend you find a true unabridged version of this book.
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- H. Connelly
- 2006-08-26
Outstanding
I was not a Hemingway fan, but wanted to listen to one of his books. I chose this one because it was medium in length (compared to others). It is one of the audio books that you find yourself listening to any time you can. It's a terrific story, extremely well narrated and the story is not so obvious that you know what's about to happen next. This was so well done I decided to get For whom the bell tolls to continue exploring Hemingway. You will enjoy this book.
34 people found this helpful
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- George
- 2011-11-29
everything you will want AND MORE!
simply the Hemingway Experience at its best. the performance is outstanding. I listened to the book twice. Thank You for putting this book together with sound! WHAT A TRIP!!!
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- E. Protzman
- 2009-10-06
Audiobook experience at the highest level
This always remarkable book comes alive with this reading. I love audio books for their convenience and I get through many more books in audio format than I do with physical books. Comparing what I get from sitting in a chair reading to listening to a book generally is a toss up for me often with reading the book getting a slight edge. But once in a while the audio format far exceeds the page turning experience. This book is a perfect example of how well audio books can be done.
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- paolo
- 2021-09-03
Boring
It's all I have to say: boring. Particularly the endless nonsensical dialogues between Frederick and Catherine. The narrator does a good job, but the novel is terrible, I struggled to finish it. I am disappointed because I liked "For whom the bell toll".