Maurice by E.M. Forster Paperback Book 9780141441139

An astonishingly frank and deeply autobiographical account of homosexual relationships in an era when love between men was not only stigmatised but also illegal EM Forsters Maurice is edited by PN Furbank with an introduction by David Leavitt in Penguin ClassicsMaurice Hall is a young man who grows up confident in his privileged status and well aware of his role in society Modest and generally conformist he nevertheless finds himself increasingly attracted to his own sex Through Clive whom he encounters at Cambridge and through Alec the gamekeeper on Clives country estate Maurice gradually experiences a profound emotional and sexual awakening A tale of passion bravery and defiance this intensely personal novel was completed in 1914 but remained unpublished until after Forsters death in 1970 Compellingly honest and beautifully written it offers a powerful condemnation of the repressive attitudes of British society and is at once a moving love story and an intimate tale of one mans erotic and political selfdiscoveryIn his introduction David Leavitt explores the significance of the novel in relation to Forsters own life and as a founding work of modern gay literature This edition...