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Classics & Contemporary Book Discussion

Maurice by E.M. Forster

2024-06-11 10:30:00 2024-06-11 11:30:00 America/Chicago Classics & Contemporary Book Discussion Join us to discuss Maurice by E.M. Forster. Wilmette Public Library - Auditorium

Tuesday, June 11
10:30am - 11:30am

Add to Calendar 2024-06-11 10:30:00 2024-06-11 11:30:00 America/Chicago Classics & Contemporary Book Discussion Join us to discuss Maurice by E.M. Forster. Wilmette Public Library - Auditorium

Join us to discuss Maurice by E.M. Forster.

Set 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.

Written during 1913 and 1914, immediately after Howards End, and not published until 1971, Maurice was 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 Maurice I 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." (From the publisher)

Copies of the book are available here

For those who would like to purchase a copy of Maurice, please support our local independent bookstore, The Book Stall at 811 Elm Street in Winnetka.

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Book Group |

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