Book Review #54
Maurice
by E.M. Forster
I remember after seeing the film "Maurice" back in 1987 and remarking to a gentleman who also was leaving the theater that I seemed to recall the book having had a different ending where things end unhappily for Maurice. Well I could not have been more mistaken. Having just finished the novel (perhaps for the first time, as my memory is playing tricks on me), I can report that all ends well. It is a fine book, obviously highly personal and terribly British but most of all a very brave one for Forster to have written during 1913 and 1914 when being homosexual was anathema in England. Indeed it was not even published until 1971. By the way the Merchant-Ivory film is a lovely tribute to E.M. Forster's labor of love.
by E.M. Forster
I remember after seeing the film "Maurice" back in 1987 and remarking to a gentleman who also was leaving the theater that I seemed to recall the book having had a different ending where things end unhappily for Maurice. Well I could not have been more mistaken. Having just finished the novel (perhaps for the first time, as my memory is playing tricks on me), I can report that all ends well. It is a fine book, obviously highly personal and terribly British but most of all a very brave one for Forster to have written during 1913 and 1914 when being homosexual was anathema in England. Indeed it was not even published until 1971. By the way the Merchant-Ivory film is a lovely tribute to E.M. Forster's labor of love.
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