Description
Book SynopsisA stunning new edition of Forster''s classic queer novel
With a new introduction by Colm
Tóibín, bestselling author of Long Island
''A monument to a moment when change seemed possible''
COLM TÓIBÍN
''It shows the quality of a novelist at the height of his powers''
SUNDAY TIMES
''His heart leapt alive and shook him to pieces. It cried You love and are loved.''
Maurice Hall grows up in comfort and privilege near London, in a villa surrounded by pines, where all is convenience and ease. He progresses through a traditional English education, projecting an outer confidence that masks troubling questions about his unspoken desires.
At Cambridge University, Maurice meets Clive, an assured older student, with whom he enjoys a close and intense relationship. Sneaking around college, climbing through windows and skipping lectures, Maurice begins to grasp a less conventional
