{"product_id":"maurice","title":"Maurice","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA stunning new edition of Forster''s classic queer novel, w\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eith a new introduction by Colm \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eTóibín, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eBrooklyn \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eLong Island\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A monument to a moment when change seemed possible''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCOLM TÓIBÍN\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''It shows the quality of a novelist at the height of his powers''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e''His heart leapt alive and shook him to pieces. It cried \"You love and are loved.\"''\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eMaurice 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt 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 view of the nature of love. And then, on a trip to Clive''s family estate, he meets Alec, the gamekeeper, and his emotional and sexual awakening reaches its height, opening up the possibility of a life that strays from the path he was raised to follow. But can Maurice overcome societal pressures, self-doubt and heartbreak to find happiness?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForster completed \u003ci\u003eMaurice \u003c\/i\u003ein 1914 but felt that it could not be published in his lifetime. It was not until 1971, the year after Forster''s death, that the novel was finally published.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57395058278782,"sku":"NW9781399736206","price":16.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781399736206.jpg?v=1778675407","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/maurice","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}