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The Passionate Friends

H.G. Wells

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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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  • August 22 · 4 hr 37 min

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  • August 21 · 4 hr 28 min

    Earth's Enigmas-Charles G. D. Roberts

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  • August 20 · 5 hr 32 min

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  • August 19 · 3 hr 37 min

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  • August 18 · 1 hr 32 min

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  • August 17 · 1 hr 34 min

    Selected Poems-Siegfried Sassoon

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  • August 16 · 1 hr 40 min

    Astrophel and Stella-Sir Philip Sidney

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  • August 15 · 6 hr 14 min

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  • August 14 · 4 hr 22 min

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  • August 13 · 7 hr 12 min

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  • August 12 · 8 hr 37 min

    Running Water-A. E. W. Mason

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  • August 11 · 4 hr 27 min

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  • August 10 · 3 hr 21 min

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  • August 9 · 9 hr 5 min

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  • August 8 · 4 hr 43 min

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  • August 7 · 2 hr 28 min

    Hunchback - James Sheridan Knowles

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  • August 6 · 1 hr 33 min

    Survivals - Lewis V. F. Randolph

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  • August 5 · 53 min

    Childe Roland and Other Poems - Robert Browning

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