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A Farewell to Arms
Frederic loves Catherine in Italy until desertion leads to Switzerland and stillbirth.
2,502-word summary · 11 min read
classics + war
8 books tagged both “classics” and “war”.
War and Peace
Pierre, Natasha, and Andrei search for meaning amid the Napoleonic wars.
2,536-word summary · 11 min read
All Quiet on the Western Front
Paul Bäumer enlists at nineteen and faces the trenches of World War I in Remarque's 1929 classic, told from the German side of the wire.
2,543-word summary · 11 min read
The Iliad
Achilles quits the fight over Briseis, Patroclus falls to Hector, and Troy burns toward its fate in Homer's war epic.
2,320-word summary · 10 min read
The Sun Also Rises
Jake Barnes drifts through Paris bars and Pamplona bullfights with Brett Ashley and a wounded generation.
3,187-word summary · 14 min read
Catch-22
Yossarian tries to survive Pianosa bombing runs while the catch traps him.
3,764-word summary · 17 min read
Ender's Game
Ender Wiggin trains at Battle School to fight the Formics, winning games that turn out to be real.
2,039-word summary · 9 min read
Slaughterhouse-Five
Billy Pilgrim slips through time from Dresden to Tralfamadore in Vonnegut's short antiwar classic.
2,722-word summary · 12 min read