The Passionate Friends: A Novel
by H. G. Wellsliterary work· published 1913
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The Passionate Friends is a 1913 coming of age novel by H. G. Wells detailing the life and travels of a young man. It is notable as the first introduction of Wells's notion of an "open conspiracy" of individuals to achieve a world state. The narrator says that "The idea of writing such a book as this came to me first as I sat by the dead body of your grandfather." Wells's father, Joseph, died of heart failure on 14 October 1910, at the age of 82, and one biographer has noted that his death "neatly coincided with the end of his major period as a creative writer." Much of the novel was written at the end of 1911.
Adaptations (1)
The Passionate Friends: A Novel was adapted into a 1949 film.
