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The Passionate Friends
H. G. Wells
Book Overview:
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.
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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„Nigdy nie byłem w stanie zadecydować, czy jesteśmy najlepszymi czy najgorszymi z ludzi.”
Momentami bardzo ładna, czasem trochę nudna. Czytałam ją ponad rok, więc pewnie trochę straciłam na odbiorze.
My rating for THE PASSIONATE FRIENDS shifted back and forth several times while reading from 3-stars as I bemoaned Wells breaking into philosophical discussions instead of moving the story forward to 5-stars as I realized the scope of what he was trying to accomplish … and how well he achieved that!
Ło matko, co za ramota.
Pan Wells chciał dobrze, ale za nic nie rozumiał kobiet. Pisze o potrzebie emancypacji kobiet, ale nie potrafi się w nie wczuć, spojrzeć na problem z innej perspektywy niż perspektywa białego mężczyzny.
Wells potrafił wymyślić machinę czasu, niewidzialnego człowieka i inwazję
Not an author known for his flair for stories of explosive human emotion, Wells struggles to ignite this novel of complicated amour without resorting to lachrymal melodrama. Composed around the same time as Ann Veronica and The New Machiavelli, this 1913 novel explores similar New Woman (i.e. proto-
I have been reading a lot of Wells back to back recently. This book was a real gem. It was so nice to have a break from Wells’ views on Socialism and trying to incorporate that into a story line.
Here we have two people, Mary and Stephen, childhood friends, potential romance, Chance and love lost. Th
Absolutely stunning. Moving, thought-provoking, mind-blowing. Beautiful.
I've noticed a pattern in some of Wells' lesser works: pages and pages of pontification on socialism and other issues of the day. This is fine-the best types of art engage with the world around it. The problem is, especially in Wells' case, it doesn't exactly make for compelling stories.
The Passion
Love sucks. But how gloriously, how magnificently, how tragically! Nevetheless... love will mostly bring pain and torment, so keep it in your pants. I think that's the theme of this book- I haven't read it in a while, but I remember adoring the angst, so I shall probably re-read it.