{"product_id":"maurice-1","title":"Maurice","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"The work of an exceptional artist working close to the peak of his powers.\" —Christopher Lehmann-Haupt,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet in the elegant Edwardian world of Cambridge undergraduate life, this story by a master novelist introduces us to Maurice Hall when he is fourteen. We follow him through public school and Cambridge, and into his father's firm. In a highly structured society, Maurice is a conventional young man in almost every way—except that he is homosexual.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten during 1913 and 1914, immediately after\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eHowards End\u003c\/em\u003e, and not published until 1971,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMaurice\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas ahead of its time in its theme and in its affirmation that love between men can be happy. \"Happiness,\" Forster wrote, \"is its keynote.…In\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMaurice\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eI tried to create a character who was completely unlike myself or what I supposed myself to be: someone handsome, healthy, bodily attractive, mentally torpid, not a bad businessman and rather a snob. Into this mixture I dropped an ingredient that puzzles him, wakes him up, torments him and finally saves him.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47710074437846,"sku":"9780393310320","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0762\/8492\/0022\/files\/9780393310320_2bd96b51-2d2f-4f63-a4a8-dc204e033f36.jpg?v=1767819793","url":"https:\/\/www.riverfrontbooks.com\/products\/maurice-1","provider":"Riverfront Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}