An astonishingly frank and deeply autobiographical account of homosexual relationships in an era when love between men was not only stigmatised, but also illegal, E.M. Forster's Maurice is edited by P.N. Furbank with an introduction by David Leavitt in Penguin Classics. Maurice Hall is a young man who grows up confident in his privileged status and well aware of his role in soc...
An astonishingly frank and deeply autobiographical account of homosexual relationships in an era when love between men was not only stigmatised, but also illegal, E.M. Forster's Maurice is edited by P.N. Furbank with an introduction by David Leavitt in Penguin Classics. Maurice Hall is a young man who grows up confident in his privileged status and well aware of his role in society. Modest and generally conformist, he nevertheless finds himself increasingly attracted to his own sex. Through Clive, whom he encounters at Cambridge, and through Alec, the gamekeeper on Clive's country estate, Maurice gradually experiences a profound emotional and sexual awakening. A tale of passion, bravery and defiance, this intensely personal novel was completed in 1914 but remained unpublished until after Forster's death in 1970. Compellingly honest and beautifully written, it offers a powerful condemnation of the repressive attitudes of British society, and is at once a moving love story and an intimate tale of one man's erotic and political self-discovery. In his introduction, David Leavitt explores the significance of the novel in relation to Forster's own life and as a founding work of modern gay literature. This edition reproduces the Abinger text of the novel, and includes new notes, a chronology and further reading. E. M. Forster (1879-1970) was a noted English author and critic and a member of the Bloomsbury group. His first novel, Where Angels Fear To Tread appeared in 1905. The Longest Journey appeared in 1907, followed by A Room With A View (1908), based partly on the material from extended holidays in Italy with his mother. Howards End (1910) was a story that centred on an English country house and dealt with the clash between two families, one interested in art and literature, the other only in business. Maurice was revised several times during his life, and finally published posthumously in 1971. If you enjoyed Maurice, you might like Forster's A Room With a View, also available in Penguin Classics.
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Edward Morgan Forster (1879-1970) wrote six novels - Where Angels Fear to Tread (1905), The Longest Journey (1907), A Room with a View (1908), Howards End (1910), A Passage to India (1924). Maurice , written in 1914, was published posthumously in 1971. He also published two volumes of short stories; two collections of essays; a critical work (Aspects of the Novel); The Hill of ...
Edward Morgan Forster (1879-1970) wrote six novels - Where Angels Fear to Tread (1905), The Longest Journey (1907), A Room with a View (1908), Howards End (1910), A Passage to India (1924). Maurice , written in 1914, was published posthumously in 1971. He also published two volumes of short stories; two collections of essays; a critical work (Aspects of the Novel); The Hill of Devi; two biographies; two books about Alexandria; and the libretto for Britten's opera Billy Budd. David Leavitt is the author of several novels and story collections, most recently The Body of Jonah Boyd (2004). With Mark Mitchell, he edited the Penguin US edition of E.M. Forster's Selected Stories, as well as The New Penguin Book of Gay Short Stories. He lives in Gainesville, Florida, where he is Professor of English at the University of Florida.
Then savage, reckless, drenched with the rain, he saw in the first glimmer of dawn the window of Durham's room, and his heart leapt alive and shook him to pieces. It cried 'You love and are loved.' He looked round the court. It cried 'You are strong, he weak and alone,' won over his will. Terrified at what he must do, he caught hold of the mullion and sprang.
'Maurice-'
As he alighted his name had been called out of dreams. The violence went out of his heart, and a purity that he had never imagined dwelt there instead. His friend had called him. He stood for a moment entranced, then the new emotion found him words, and laying his hand very gently upon the pillows he answered 'Clive!' (查看原文)
*先声明，本文只发感慨，不谈学术。 Amor Sacro e Amor Profano 天上之爱与地下之恋 "Did you ever dream you'd a friend,Alec?Nothing else but just 'my friend',he trying to help you and you him. A friend..Someone to last your whole life and you his.I suppose su...
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6 有用 Saaaalomé 2012-04-05 15:07:27
不知道是否自己在过度诠释，因为在后记里Forster本人对这本书的由来说的非常清楚。但是这次读的时候我无法把它当成一本单纯的同志小说。它关乎成长关乎选择，也许从这个层面上说我们每个人都是Maurice。（长评嘤我要写长评！！！
7 有用 鲁蔚 2017-01-11 23:16:52
'People were all around them, but with eyes that had gone intensely blue he whispered, "I love you"'
61 有用 Lucinda 2018-08-06 19:56:05
两个半夜三更翻别人窗户的家伙真是天生一对
5 有用 Envinyatar 2012-12-17 11:12:20
喜欢这种emotionally intense的书 文学性太纯的还是没什么感觉
4 有用 扶不扶 2017-04-03 01:03:44
反复让我联想到brideshead revisited，但是却是截然不同的阅读体验，Peter Firth 读Clive的部分声音都有Hugh grant的影子，五星表白。
0 有用 Raison d'Être 2024-03-30 21:54:04 上海
电子版对照读了部分原文
1 有用 仙人掌棉花球 2024-01-13 18:17:39 山东
Yes, it‘s bad weather. There’ve only been two fine days. And one fine night.
0 有用 Τвoя Teнь 2023-12-18 00:01:21 四川
没人知道Clive是真的转变了还是在欺骗自己，结局写得真的好，Alec出乎意料感动到我。语言生动又丰富多变，有空重读。
0 有用 余籽 2023-12-14 23:28:40 广东
特别适合配ravel来看
0 有用 渤海名门 2023-12-04 00:17:47 北京
😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭