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The Passionate Friends

The Passionate Friends

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Number of Chapters: 24

Length: 12 hours and 48 minutes

Language: English

H. G. Wells is best known for his science fiction, but some of his greatest works were in other genres. The Passionate Friends is a love story. It also is a story about dreams, despair, jealousy, sex, the struggle against social convention, the future of civilization, and much much more. It is written by a father to his son, "not indeed to the child you are now, but to the man you are going to be." He writes it so that one day, perhaps when he is dead, his grown son can read it and rediscover him as a friend and equal. In the process, he tries to make sense of a lifetime's experiences and distill some kind of wisdom from them. It is quite simply a beautiful book, both inspiring and heartbreaking. (Summary by Peter Eastman)

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Mr. Stratton to His Son (Peter Eastman)
Boyhood (parts 1-3) (Peter Eastman)
Boyhood (parts 4-7) (Peter Eastman)
Intentions and the Lady Mary Christian (parts 1-6) (Peter Eastman)
Intentions and the Lady Mary Christian (parts 7-11) (Peter Eastman)
The Marriage of the Lady Mary Christian (parts 1-4) (Peter Eastman)
The Marriage of the Lady Mary Christian (parts 5-9) (Peter Eastman)
The War in South Africa (parts 1-3) (Peter Eastman)
The War in South Africa (parts 4-6) (Peter Eastman)
Lady Mary Justin (parts 1-5) (Peter Eastman)
Lady Mary Justin (parts 6-10) (Peter Eastman)
Lady Mary Justin (parts 11-14) (Peter Eastman)
Beginning Again (parts 1-4) (Peter Eastman)
Beginning Again (parts 5-9) (Peter Eastman)
This Swarming Business of Mankind (parts 1-2) (Peter Eastman)
This Swarming Business of Mankind (parts 3-6) (Peter Eastman)
The Spirit of the New World (parts 1-7) (Peter Eastman)
The Spirit of the New World (parts 8-12) (Peter Eastman)
Mary Writes (parts 1-3) (Peter Eastman)
Mary Writes (part 4) (Peter Eastman)
Mary Writes (parts 5-7) (Peter Eastman)
The Last Meeting (parts 1-6) (Peter Eastman)
The Last Meeting (parts 7-12) (Peter Eastman)
The Arraignment of Jealousy (Peter Eastman)
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