# A Farewell to Arms — Character guide

> Key figures in A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway.

- [Frederic Henry](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_farewell_to_arms_se/characters/frederic_henry.md): An American ambulance driver on the Italian front who narrates his own drift from detached soldier to a man with everything at stake.
- [Catherine Barkley](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_farewell_to_arms_se/characters/catherine_barkley.md): A British nurse who meets Frederic in the ward and gives herself to him with a fervor that hides how much the war has already taken.
- [Rinaldi](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_farewell_to_arms_se/characters/rinaldi.md): An Italian surgeon and Frederic's closest friend, whose surgical brilliance and appetite for women and drink barely mask a growing despair.
- [The Priest](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_farewell_to_arms_se/characters/the_priest.md): A young army chaplain from the Abruzzi who endures the officers' mockery and quietly offers Frederic a world of snow, family, and faith.
- [Piani](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_farewell_to_arms_se/characters/piani.md): An Italian ambulance driver under Frederic's command, steady and matter-of-fact in the retreat until the moment orders stop meaning anything.
- [Aymo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_farewell_to_arms_se/characters/aymo.md): A gentle Italian driver in Frederic's unit, kind to the fleeing girls on the road and quietly fatalistic about where the retreat is heading.
- [Bonello](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_farewell_to_arms_se/characters/bonello.md): Bonello belongs to Frederic Henry's small crew of drivers, the men who haul wounded soldiers and stray civilians through the collapsing retreat toward Udine. When the ambulance bogs down in the mud, he is the one who ask
- [Ettore Moretti](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_farewell_to_arms_se/characters/ettore_moretti.md): Italian-American fighter pilot who boasts about his war exploits.
- [Miss Gage](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_farewell_to_arms_se/characters/miss_gage.md): American nurse working at the hospital where Frederic recovers.
- [Miss Van Campen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_farewell_to_arms_se/characters/miss_van_campen.md): Strict superintendent of nurses at the American hospital in Milan.
- [Count Greffi](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_farewell_to_arms_se/characters/count_greffi.md): Elderly Italian nobleman who plays billiards with Frederic in Stresa.
- [Helen Ferguson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_farewell_to_arms_se/characters/helen_ferguson.md): Scottish nurse and Catherine's close friend at the hospital.
- [Ralph Simmons](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_farewell_to_arms_se/characters/ralph_simmons.md): American opera singer studying in Italy who helps Frederic escape.
- [Passini](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_farewell_to_arms_se/characters/passini.md): Italian ambulance driver who is killed in a mortar attack.
- [Gordini](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_farewell_to_arms_se/characters/gordini.md): Italian ambulance driver who serves briefly in Frederic's unit.
- [Dr. Valentini](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_farewell_to_arms_se/characters/valentini.md): Confident Italian surgeon who operates on Frederic's leg.
- [Old Meyers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_farewell_to_arms_se/characters/old_meyers.md): American expatriate living in Milan who frequents the horse races.
- [Mrs. Meyers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_farewell_to_arms_se/characters/mrs_meyers.md): Wife of Old Meyers, also an American expatriate in Milan.
- [Crowell Rodgers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_farewell_to_arms_se/characters/crowell_rodgers.md): Young American soldier who visits Frederic in the hospital.
- [Edgar Saunders](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_farewell_to_arms_se/characters/edgar_saunders.md): American sculptor living in Milan who visits Frederic.
- [Mr. Guttingen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_farewell_to_arms_se/characters/mr_guttingen.md): Swiss hotel owner who rents a room to Frederic and Catherine.
- [Mrs. Guttingen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_farewell_to_arms_se/characters/mrs_guttingen.md): Wife of the Swiss hotel owner who helps Frederic and Catherine.
- [Rocca](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_farewell_to_arms_se/characters/rocca.md): Italian soldier who jokes about the war with Frederic.
- [Rinin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_farewell_to_arms_se/characters/rinin.md): Italian soldier briefly mentioned in conversation.
- [Emilio](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_farewell_to_arms_se/characters/emilio.md): Italian soldier who speaks with Frederic about the war.

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