Maurice
$24.00
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
29 September 2005
Summary
Maurice: A Forbidden Love Story
Maurice Hall, a young man of privilege, finds himself drawn to his own sex, a desire that challenges the rigid societal norms of Edwardian England. His journey begins at Cambridge with Clive, and later blossoms with Alec, a gamekeeper on Clive’s estate, leading Maurice to a profound emotional and sexual awakening.
Completed in 1914 but suppressed for decades due to its controversial themes, this autobiographical novel is a passionate and defia…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141441139 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141441135 |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
| Author: | E.M. Forster, Steven D. Levitt |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 29 September 2005 |
| Weight: | 203g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 15mm |
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About The Author
E.M. Forster
Edward Morgan Forster (1879-1970) wrote six novels - Where Angels Fear to Tread (1905), The Longest Journey (1907), A Room with a View (1908), Howards End (1910), A Passage to India (1924). Maurice, written in 1914, was published posthumously in 1971. He also published two volumes of short stories; two collections of essays; a critical work (Aspects of the Novel); The Hill of Devi; two biographies; two books about Alexandria; and the libretto for Britten’s opera Billy Budd.
David Leavitt is the author of several novels and story collections, most recently The Body of Jonah Boyd (2004). With Mark Mitchell, he edited the Penguin US edition of E.M. Forster’s Selected Stories, as well as The New Penguin Book of Gay Short Stories. He lives in Gainesville, Florida, where he is Professor of English at the University of Florida.
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