The rest he left to the parents, and did not speculate how much the parents were leaving to him. He cared neither for work nor games, but fed his boys well and saw that they did not misbehave. Mr Abrahams was a preparatory schoolmaster of the old-fashioned sort. Lest discipline should suffer, it took place just before the holidays, when leniency does no harm, and indeed it seemed more like a treat at home than school, for Mrs Abrahams, the Principal’s wife, would meet them at the tea place with some lady friends, and be hospitable and motherly. It was usually a pleasant outing, and everyone looked forward to it, forgot old scores, and behaved with freedom. Once a term the whole school went for a walk-that is to say the three masters took part as well as all the boys. “The work of an exceptional artist working close to the peak of his powers.” - The New York Times Read more Since its release in 1971, Maurice has been widely praised and adapted for major stage productions as well as the 1987 Oscar-nominated film adaptation starring Hugh Grant and James Wilby. 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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