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Maurice

By: E. M. Forster
Narrated by: Ben Whishaw
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Maurice by E.M. Forster is the story of a young man struggling with his sexuality at the beginning of the 20th century.

Written between 1913 and 1914, it was published over 50 years later, the author believing that due to public and legal attitudes to homosexuality, to publish it in his lifetime would signal an end to his career.

Maurice is now considered to be one of the most groundbreaking and significant novels of the LGBT+ canon, and in this brand-new recording Ben Whishaw (Mary Poppins Returns, Paddington, A Very English Scandal) gives an emotive and mesmerising performance.

Photo Credit: Tomo Brejc

©1971 E. M. Forster (P)2020 Audible, Ltd Classics Literature & Fiction
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I sobbed it was so good and so touching I wish all the happiness to alec and Maurice in the greenwood

Amazing

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Ben Whishaw is so very good here, improving the book itself through his heartfelt performance. I dare say, listening to this recording was far more enjoyable than my own reading of Maurice many years ago now.

However, Maurice is a comfort. It did not fair well with critics on its release, and it is not Forster's greatest work, but it doesn't need to be. It is enough joy for two men to love and to love happily. That is a triumph in itself, especially in the book's own time (completed 1914). Further points might also be granted for its inspired cross-class romance.

A beautiful performance of an LGBT classic

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