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Maurice by E.M. Forster

I re-read this in 2008. I read it first in summer 1989. It's a very easy and fun read, probably one of Forster's most accessible and least pretentious. So sad that the theme of homosexual love kept it from being published until after Forster died. I give it a 4-star because I like it so much more than for the literary merit. (view spoiler)[The happy ending does feel a tiny bit forced, but it's nice to have that happy ending in a book written in an era when any gay character had to meet an unhappy demise in order for the book to be published. (hide spoiler)]

I like this for a diversity read because it hits two diversity themes: LGBTQ and social class.

I'm planning on reading it! After I finish Jazz.

Hope to get it before I go on holidays...

It has a very satisfying ending! I liked it because it is a good story. I was expecting more of a literary read, too.

I´m on holidays atm, and will only get the book afterwards. Looking ahead to it!

Finally came to read it, and liked it very well, though (view spoiler)[the end was unexpectedly happy, which is explained by the author in an afterword. (hide spoiler)] I think it´s not only about homosexuality, though more in the end than before, than also about growing up, friends, loneliness, perhaps all coming from his finding out about his "Greek love".