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Violence
Barely any
No violence; the threat is social and legal
Language
Barely any
Edwardian literary prose; no profanity
Sexual Content
Some
A same-sex romantic relationship; some adult content handled with Forster's characteristic restraint
Substance Use
Barely any
None
Emotional Intensity
A lot
The sustained psychological weight of a love that cannot exist in the society you were born into; the courage required to choose it anyway
What this book is about
Maurice Hall, a conventional Cambridge student, discovers he is homosexual and must navigate love, shame, and the possibility of a life that cannot legally exist. E.M. Forster wrote Maurice in 1913 but did not allow it to be published until after his death in 1971. A deeply compassionate and ultimately hopeful novel.
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