
Mature
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Length12h 44m
About this audiobook
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.
Audiobook details
GenreRomance
Length12 hrs 44 mins
Narrated byPeter Eastman
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateAug 25, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Mr. Stratton to His Son
13Beginning Again, Pt. 1
2Boyhood, Pt. 1
14Beginning Again, Pt. 2
3Boyhood, Pt. 2
15This Swarming Business of Mankind, Pt. 1
4Intentions and the Lady Mary Christian, Pt. 1
16This Swarming Business of Mankind, Pt. 2
5Intentions and the Lady Mary Christian, Pt. 2
17The Spirit of the New World, Pt. 1
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6The Marriage of the Lady Mary Christian, Pt. 1
18The Spirit of the New World, Pt. 2
7The Marriage of the Lady Mary Christian, Pt. 2
19Mary Writes, Pt. 1
8The War in South Africa, Pt. 1
20Mary Writes, Pt. 2
9The War in South Africa, Pt. 2
21Mary Writes, Pt. 3
10Lady Mary Justin, Pt. 1
22The Last Meeting, Pt. 1
11Lady Mary Justin, Pt. 2
23The Last Meeting, Pt. 2
12Lady Mary Justin, Pt. 3
24The Arraignment of Jealousy