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Maurice
by E. M. Forster
A respectable English life stops making sense when Maurice can no longer deny that he loves men.
- 1971
The story, briefly
Spoiler-freeMaurice grows up knowing that the career, marriage, and proper adulthood expected of him do not fit who he is. Love eventually forces him to decide whether fear will define the rest of his life.
What's inside
A young Englishman spends years suppressing his desire for men before love makes an honest life seem possible.
Why we recommend it
Fear with another ending
It begins with many of the same fears as Giovanni's Room but leaves room for hope.
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