H. G. Wells

The Passionate Friends (eBook, ePUB)

Exploring Love, Friendship, and Society in Edwardian England

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Produktbeschreibung

H. G. Wells's "The Passionate Friends" is a poignant exploration of love, choices, and the complexities of human relationships, rendered with his characteristic blend of wit and introspection. Set at the turn of the 20th century, the narrative delves into the lives of three intertwined characters: a woman caught between her emotional desires and societal expectations, and the two men who represent different pathways in her life. With a rich, lyrical prose style, Wells captures the era's shifting attitudes towards romance and individuality, effectively situating the novel within the broader context of contemporary literary advancements in psychological realism. Wells, a prominent figure in the literary landscape, is known for his forward-thinking ideas and social critique, informed by his background in science and sociology. His own experiences with love and the constraints of society likely influenced the themes presented in "The Passionate Friends." This novel reflects his personal beliefs about the transformative power of relationships and the often painful choices they entail, showcasing his intellectual engagement with the shifting paradigms of his time. Readers seeking a profound meditation on love's joys and sorrows will find "The Passionate Friends" to be a compelling and insightful read. It invites reflection on the nature of desire and commitment, making it relevant for those interested in the intricacies of human emotion and social interplay.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Good Press
• Seitenzahl: 318
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. April 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 4057664610898
• Artikelnr.: 58501025

Autorenporträt

Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 - 13 August 1946) was an English writer. He was prolific in many genres, writing dozens of novels, short stories, and works of social commentary, satire, biography, and autobiography, and even including two books on recreational war games. He is now best remembered for his science fiction novels and is often called a "father of science fiction", along with Jules Verne and Hugo Gernsback.[5][6][a] During his own lifetime, however, he was most prominent as a forward-looking, even prophetic social critic who devoted his literary talents to the development of a progressive vision on a global scale. A futurist, he wrote a number of utopian works and foresaw the advent of aircraft, tanks, space travel, nuclear weapons, satellite television and something resembling the World Wide Web.[7] His science fiction imagined time travel, alien invasion, invisibility, and biological engineering. Brian Aldiss referred to Wells as the "Shakespeare of science fiction".[8] Wells rendered his works convincing by instilling commonplace detail alongside a single extraordinary assumption - dubbed "Wells's law" - leading Joseph Conrad to hail him in 1898 as "O Realist of the Fantastic!".[9] His most notable science fiction works include The Time Machine (1895), The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896), The Invisible Man (1897), The War of the Worlds (1898) and the military science fiction The War in the Air (1907). Wells was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature four times.[10] Wells's earliest specialised training was in biology, and his thinking on ethical matters took place in a specifically and fundamentally Darwinian context.[11] He was also from an early date an outspoken socialist, often (but not always, as at the beginning of the First World War) sympathising with pacifist views. His later works became increasingly political and didactic, and he wrote little science fiction, while he sometimes indicated on official documents that his profession was that of journalist.[12] Novels such as Kipps and The History of Mr Polly, which describe lower-middle-class life, led to the suggestion that he was a worthy successor to Charles Dickens,[13]but Wells described a range of social strata and even attempted, in Tono-Bungay (1909), a diagnosis of English society as a whole. A diabetic, Wells co-founded the charity The Diabetic Association (known today as Diabetes UK) in 1934