{"product_id":"maurice","title":"Maurice","description":"\u003cp class=\"x12ofw9d\"\u003e\u003c!--comp--\u003e\u003c!--for--\u003e\u003c!--it--\u003e\u003c!--if--\u003eWritten between 1913 and 1914 but published posthumously in 1971, \u003c!--\/if--\u003e\u003c!--\/it--\u003e\u003c!--it--\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c!--comp--\u003e\u003c!--for--\u003e\u003c!--it--\u003e\u003c!--if--\u003eMaurice\u003c!--\/if--\u003e\u003c!--\/it--\u003e\u003c!--\/for--\u003e\u003c!--\/comp--\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c!--\/it--\u003e\u003c!--it--\u003e\u003c!--if--\u003e tells the story of a young Englishman coming to terms with his homosexuality in a society that criminalises and condemns it. Maurice Hall’s emotional life is shaped first by his attachment to Clive Durham, an intellectually cultivated fellow student, and later by his unexpected relationship with Alec Scudder, a gamekeeper. Their differing backgrounds bring the conventions of class and the restrictions of respectable English society into sharp relief.\u003c!--\/if--\u003e\u003c!--\/it--\u003e\u003c!--\/for--\u003e\u003c!--\/comp--\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c!--\/it--\u003e\u003c!--it--\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x12ofw9d\"\u003e\u003c!--comp--\u003e\u003c!--for--\u003e\u003c!--it--\u003e\u003c!--if--\u003eUnlike many earlier literary treatments of same-sex desire, Forster’s novel dares to imagine the possibility of a life lived openly and happily. Its emotional directness is inseparable from its historical courage: the book was withheld from publication during the author’s lifetime because of the legal and social climate surrounding homosexuality. Tender, restrained and quietly defiant, \u003c!--\/if--\u003e\u003c!--\/it--\u003e\u003c!--it--\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c!--comp--\u003e\u003c!--for--\u003e\u003c!--it--\u003e\u003c!--if--\u003eMaurice\u003c!--\/if--\u003e\u003c!--\/it--\u003e\u003c!--\/for--\u003e\u003c!--\/comp--\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c!--\/it--\u003e\u003c!--it--\u003e\u003c!--if--\u003e occupies a distinctive place in the history of queer literature and in Forster’s exploration of individual freedom.\u003c!--\/if--\u003e\u003c!--\/it--\u003e\u003c!--\/for--\u003e\u003c!--\/comp--\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c!--\/it--\u003e\u003c!--\/for--\u003e\u003c!--\/comp--\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardner's EU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63950451999050,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/thelamppostparis.com\/fr\/products\/maurice","provider":"The Lamp-Post Library \u0026 Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}