Maurice by E. M. Forster

Maurice by E. M. ForsterAn astonishingly frank and deeply autobiographical account of homosexual relationships in an era when love between men was not only stigmatised, but also illegal, E. M. Forster's Maurice is edited by P. N. Furbank with an introduction by David Leavitt in Penguin Classics. Maurice 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

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Furbank with an introduction by David Leavitt in Penguin Classics

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