Classic Love Stories

Passionate Friends

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  • 1913 first published
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Passionate Friends is a 1913 classic romance novel by H. G. Wells.

A free LibriVox audiobook (12 h 48 min) is available.

About Passionate Friends

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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Who wrote Passionate Friends?

Passionate Friends was written by H. G. Wells and first published in 1913.

What genre is Passionate Friends?

It is usually shelved as Classic Love Stories.

Is there a free audiobook of Passionate Friends?

Yes — LibriVox volunteers recorded it; the recording runs 12 h 48 min.

What books are similar to Passionate Friends?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Great Gatsby, The Turn of the Screw and Le fantôme de l'opéra.

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