{"product_id":"9781399736206","title":"Maurice","description":"Author: E M Forster\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781399736206\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 10 Mar 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 320 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA STUNNING NEW EDITION OF FORSTER'S CLASSIC QUEER NOVEL\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith a new introduction by Colm \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eToibin, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eLong Island\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A monument to a moment when change seemed possible'\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eCOLM TOIBIN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'It shows the quality of a novelist at the height of his powers'\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e'His heart leapt alive and shook him to pieces. It cried \"You love and are loved.\"'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMaurice Hall grows up in comfort and privilege near London, in a villa surrounded by pines, where all is convenience and ease. He progresses through a traditional English education, projecting an outer confidence that masks troubling questions about his unspoken desires.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt Cambridge University, Maurice meets Clive, an assured older student, with whom he enjoys a close and intense relationship. Sneaking around college, climbing through windows and skipping lectures, Maurice begins to grasp a less conventional view of the nature of love. And then, on a trip to Clive's family estate, he meets Alec, the gamekeeper, and his emotional and sexual awakening reaches its height, opening up the possibility of a life that strays from the path he was raised to follow. But can Maurice overcome societal pressures, self-doubt and heartbreak to find happiness?\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eForster completed \u003ci\u003eMaurice \u003c\/i\u003ein 1914 but felt that it could not be published in his lifetime. It was not until 1971, the year after Forster's death, that the novel was finally published.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46449901928606,"sku":"ADS-9781399736206","price":44.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781399736206.jpg?v=1769573314","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781399736206","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}