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The Passionate Friends

First published
1913
Pages
286

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  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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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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H. G. Wells

Herbert George Wells was an English writer, prolific in many genres. He wrote more than forty novels and dozens of short stories. His non-fiction output included works of social commentary, politics, history, popular science, satire, biography, and autobiography.

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Book facts

First published
1913
Reading time
About 8 hours
Pages
286
Language
English
Formats
PDF, EPUB, Read online, Audiobook
Audio read by
Peter Eastman