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Passion and grief in 'A Farewell to Arms': Ernest Hemingway's retelling of 'Wuthering Heights.'

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From: The Hemingway Review
Date: 19950322
Author:Tyler, Lisa

Ernest Hemingway may have been influenced by the writings of Emily Bronte when he wrote 'A Farewell to Arms' because it contains many parallels to Bronte's book 'Wuthering Heights.' Bronte's story revolves around the passionate romance between the headstrong Catherine and Heathcliff, whose love is only consummated beyond their death. Similarly, Hemingway's work portrays a destructive relationship between a woman named Catherine and her lover Frederic.

In an Esquire article published in February 1935 (six years after A Farewell to Arms), Ernest Hemingway presented a list of books he "would ...

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