Certain Personal Matters - Of Conversation

The H. G. Wells Library · Jul 11, 2026 · 11m · transcript

In which the narrator reflects with a gentle candour on the vexations and limitations of ordinary conversation, lamenting the ceaseless chatter that too often replaces genuine understanding and companionship. He muses on the social compulsion to maintain a trivial flow of talk and the quiet contentment that might be found in shared silence among true friends.