false <![CDATA[Maurice: A Novel]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1162239503m/3103.jpg 3103 34 <B>"The work of an exceptional artist working close to the peak of his powers."&#151;Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, <I>New York Times</I></B><BR><BR>Set in the elegant Edwardian world of Cambridge undergraduate life, this story by a master novelist introduces us to Maurice Hall when he is fourteen. We follow him through public school and Cambridge, and on into his father's firm, Hill and Hall, Stock Brokers. In a highly structured society, Maurice is a conventional young man in almost every way, "stepping into the niche that England had prepared for him": except that his is homosexual.<BR><BR>Written during 1913 and 1914, immediately after Howards End, and not published until 1971, <I>Maurice</I> was ahead of its time in its theme and in its affirmation that love between men can be happy. "Happiness," Forster wrote, "is its keynote&#133;.In Maurice I tried to create a character who was completely unlike myself or what I supposed myself to be: someone handsome, healthy, bodily attractive, mentally torpid, not a bad businessman and rather a snob. Into this mixture I dropped an ingredient that puzzles him, wakes him up, torments him and finally saves him." 2394184 1971 Maurice: A Novel total:1444|5:377|4:530|3:449|2:77|1:11| 1444 5517 1969 108 4 6 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Thu Oct 25 11:45:10 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 25 11:45:10 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 3 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Sat Sep 08 13:48:09 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 08 13:48:09 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 2 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Wed Jun 06 11:02:25 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 06 11:06:52 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 1 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jan 09 11:42:35 -0800 2008 Tue Jul 01 22:13:21 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 1994 Wed Aug 01 12:02:58 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 01 12:02:58 -0700 2007 too wealthy, not too handsome, not too intelligent--muddling through life, doing what social convention requires of him. That is, until he meets fellow student Clive Durham at Cambridge, and is forced to accept what he previously ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Jun 13 20:31:30 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 14 22:02:31 -0700 2007
a slow nature such as maurice’s appears insensitive, for it needs time even to feel. its instinct is to assume that nothing either for good or evil has happened, and to resist the invader. once gripped, it feels acutely, and its sensations in love are particularly profo...more...]]> 5 2 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 15 11:55:31 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 15 12:00:05 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Sep 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 24 16:50:28 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 24 16:52:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Mar 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 08:10:18 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 08:20:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Sep 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 06:09:23 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 19:45:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Apr 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 09 05:43:02 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 28 12:12:42 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 11 13:18:13 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 13 13:32:55 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 24 13:53:17 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 28 03:00:21 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Nov 30 23:47:20 -0800 2007 Wed Jan 09 09:00:06 -0800 2008
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I am filled with affection for this book; it is one of my very favorites. As a love story it is, in general, fairly unremarkable. The issues it...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Aug 24 03:39:18 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 03:43:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Nov 19 23:46:46 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 02 13:44:35 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Mar 03 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 26 02:38:42 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 26 02:38:42 -0800 2008
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