The Passionate Friends

By: H. G. Wells

Narrated by: Peter Eastman

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.

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Good story

I was introduced to this title because I had first watched the movie with the same name. It was actually one of my favorite movies and I have watched it many times.
With that said, this book is poorly narrated, which subtracts from the experience.
And like books that are turned into movies, the movie summarizes many of the details .
My favorite part of the movie is the end which varies from this book .
Overall, this is a good and engaging story, and I enjoyed listening to it .

Obnoxious reader

I couldn’t endure the voice reading. Unfortunately. More words more words won’t fix the readers voice.