A Farewell to Arms: Audiobook
As an audiobook, A Farewell to Arms runs an estimated 9.8 hours (about 6.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrumentWhen will you finish it?
Based on 9.8 hours of listening (estimated).
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 20 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
You'll finish in–by –
What our data says
- At 9.8 hours (estimated), it runs longer than 69% of the romance audiobooks we measured.
- That's 18% longer than the average romance audiobook (8.3 hrs across 3596 titles in our dataset).
Computed from romance audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ); listening time estimated from page count. Methodology.
Who is this for?
Best for romance listeners: a solid week of commutes at 9.8 hours (estimated).
About the book
'A Farewell to Arms'' is Hemingway's classic set during the Italian campaign of World War I. The book, published in 1929, is a first-person account of American Frederic Henry, serving as a Lieutenant ("Tenente") in the ambulance corps of the Italian Army. It's about a love affair between the expatriate American Henry and Catherine Barkley against the backdrop of the First World War, cynical soldiers, fighting and the displacement of populations. The publication of ''A Farewell to Arms'' cemented Hemingway's stature as a modern American writer, became his first best-seller, and is described by biographer Michael Reynolds as "the premier American war novel from that debacle World War I."
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Farewell to Arms as an audiobook?
A Farewell to Arms runs about 9.8 hours, our estimate from its 332 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.5 hours.
Is A Farewell to Arms free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
When was A Farewell to Arms first published?
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway was first published in 1929.
