Maurice — By Em Forster Verified

Abandoned and lost, Maurice descends into a dark period. He tries to “cure” himself via a quack doctor. He wanders in a fog of loneliness, convinced he is a freak. Forster’s prose here is stark and painful, capturing the real terror of living a lie in Edwardian England.

What makes Maurice by EM Forster so radical? It is not just the gay happy ending. It is the novel’s sophisticated marriage of sexuality and class politics. maurice by em forster