Catherine Barkley

Catherine Barkley is a fictional character from Ernest Hemingway's novel "A Farewell to Arms." She is a British nurse working in Italy during World War I. Catherine is compassionate, caring, and resilient, forming a deep romantic relationship with the American ambulance driver, Frederic Henry. Her character embodies themes of love, loss, and the searching for meaning amid chaos and war. Through her, Hemingway explores the emotional human response to wartime suffering and the fragile nature of happiness.