The Passionate Friends
Wells turns from science fiction to human drama in this searching novel of a love that endures across a lifetime despite marriage, duty, and social convention. Told as a father’s confession to his son, it traces a passionate but impossible relationship and the compromises demanded by respectable society. Frank about desire and critical of the constraints placed on love, it reflects Wells’s lifelong interest in reforming the rules that govern private life. Thoughtful and emotionally honest, The Passionate Friends is a moving study of longing, freedom, and the cost of the choices we are forced to make.
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| # | Chapter | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mr. Stratton to His Son | 26:54 | |
| 2 | Boyhood (parts 1-3) | 25:06 | |
| 3 | Boyhood (parts 4-7) | 27:36 | |
| 4 | Intentions and the Lady Mary Christian (parts 1-6) | 32:14 | |
| 5 | Intentions and the Lady Mary Christian (parts 7-11) | 37:31 | |
| 6 | The Marriage of the Lady Mary Christian (parts 1-4) | 27:10 | |
| 7 | The Marriage of the Lady Mary Christian (parts 5-9) | 31:16 | |
| 8 | The War in South Africa (parts 1-3) | 32:59 | |
| 9 | The War in South Africa (parts 4-6) | 32:40 | |
| 10 | Lady Mary Justin (parts 1-5) | 38:57 | |
| 11 | Lady Mary Justin (parts 6-10) | 46:42 | |
| 12 | Lady Mary Justin (parts 11-14) | 53:52 | |
| 13 | Beginning Again (parts 1-4) | 23:48 | |
| 14 | Beginning Again (parts 5-9) | 27:06 | |
| 15 | This Swarming Business of Mankind (parts 1-2) | 23:49 | |
| 16 | This Swarming Business of Mankind (parts 3-6) | 33:16 | |
| 17 | The Spirit of the New World (parts 1-7) | 36:56 | |
| 18 | The Spirit of the New World (parts 8-12) | 34:26 | |
| 19 | Mary Writes (parts 1-3) | 30:10 | |
| 20 | Mary Writes (part 4) | 30:41 | |
| 21 | Mary Writes (parts 5-7) | 20:37 | |
| 22 | The Last Meeting (parts 1-6) | 47:07 | |
| 23 | The Last Meeting (parts 7-12) | 36:09 | |
| 24 | The Arraignment of Jealousy | 11:54 |
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