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A Farewell to Arms, a Rare card
A Farewell to Arms is a novel by American writer Ernest Hemingway, set during the Italian campaign of World War I. First published in 1929, it is a first-person account of an American, Frederic Henry, serving as a lieutenant in the ambulance corps of the Italian Army.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 69
- DEF
- 57
- Power
- 126
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 270,000
Power 126 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The novel describes a love affair between the American expatriate and an English nurse, Catherine Barkley.
- Its publication ensured Hemingway's place as a modern American writer of considerable stature.
- The book became his first best-seller and has been called "the premier American war novel from [...] World War I".
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The A Farewell to Arms article was read about 270,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 69 and blocks with 57: each hit it takes is cut by 23 %.
How to get A Farewell to Arms
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, A Farewell to Arms (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Cleo Damianakes, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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