A Farewell to Arms 📖

A Farewell to Arms

Hemingway Ernest
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literary fiction war fiction past tense first POV ~452 pp

Vibe

bleak existential stoic

A literary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose. Plot-driven and deeply introspective. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence, romance, sexual content.

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 85
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 90
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 75
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 60
intimateepic

Content

Violence 90%
noneextreme
Sexual content 60%
noneexplicit
Humor 30%
seriouscomedic
Romance 90%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count112,952
Page count~452 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst