{"product_id":"maurice-by-e-m-forster-9781399736206","title":"Maurice","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA STUNNING NEW EDITION OF FORSTER'S CLASSIC QUEER NOVEL\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith a new introduction by Colm Tóibín, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eLong Island\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A monument to a moment when change seemed possible'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCOLM TÓIBÍN\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'It shows the quality of a novelist at the height of his powers'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'His heart leapt alive and shook him to pieces. It cried \"You love and are loved.\"'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaurice\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eForster completed \u003ci\u003eMaurice\u003c\/i\u003e in 1914 but felt that it could not be published in his lifetime.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\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46712547606764,"sku":"9781399736206","price":50.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9730123482686.jpg?v=1754297952","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/maurice-by-e-m-forster-9781399736206","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}