![]() ![]() Though Forster completed Maurice in 1914, he left instructions for it be published only after his death. ![]() In his quest to accept his true self, Maurice must ultimately go against the grain of society’s unspoken rules of class, wealth, and politics. But when Clive marries a woman, Maurice is distraught enough to seek a hypnotist who might “cure” him of his homosexuality. Maurice’s first love, Clive Durham, introduces him to the ancient Greeks who embraced same-sex attraction. All the while, he harbors a secret wish to lose himself from society and embrace who he truly is. ![]() Written in 1914 by the Nobel Prize–nominated author of Howard’s End, this intimate portrait of homosexual desire “seems as relevant as ever” ( The Guardian).įrom early adolescence to his college years at Cambridge and into professional life at his father’s firm, Maurice Hall plays the part of the conventional Englishman. ![]()
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