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A review by luci_qf
Maurice by E.M. Forster
5.0
4.5 ✨
The movie is one of my all-time favourites and I have to say, book to movie adaptations used to be so much better. The movie is quite literally the same as the book (as it should be). Even the whole vibe is IMMACULATE.
This is a very interesting book given that all characters have multiple layers to themselves, for example, Maurice who is our main character, can be quite lovable but he can also have old fashioned and slightly fascist views given his high status in society at the time.
I also hold this book and movie so close to my heart as it is an ICONIC queer classic, which was groundbreaking for its time. Forster’s novel was published posthumously in 1971. The British author was himself a closeted gay man; he passed away in 1970, shortly after the legalisation of homosexuality in the UK. Forster did not seek to publish it during his lifetime, due to public and legal attitudes to same-sex love. Forster was determined that his novel should have a happy ending but also feared that this would make the book liable to prosecution while male homosexuality remained illegal in the UK.
The movie, among LGBT audiences, is a vital work of gay cinema, notably produced by gay men during the reactionary period of the AIDS crisis.
If you have been wanting to get into classics I would definitely recommend this gem to you as the plot is gripping, the characters complex and the writing is beautiful but easy to comprehend.
My final point is that if a book that was written in 1914 and a movie that was released in 1987 can have a happy ending for the gays, WHY THE HELL ARE WE STILL SUFFERING IN 2021!
The movie is one of my all-time favourites and I have to say, book to movie adaptations used to be so much better. The movie is quite literally the same as the book (as it should be). Even the whole vibe is IMMACULATE.
This is a very interesting book given that all characters have multiple layers to themselves, for example, Maurice who is our main character, can be quite lovable but he can also have old fashioned and slightly fascist views given his high status in society at the time.
I also hold this book and movie so close to my heart as it is an ICONIC queer classic, which was groundbreaking for its time. Forster’s novel was published posthumously in 1971. The British author was himself a closeted gay man; he passed away in 1970, shortly after the legalisation of homosexuality in the UK. Forster did not seek to publish it during his lifetime, due to public and legal attitudes to same-sex love. Forster was determined that his novel should have a happy ending but also feared that this would make the book liable to prosecution while male homosexuality remained illegal in the UK.
The movie, among LGBT audiences, is a vital work of gay cinema, notably produced by gay men during the reactionary period of the AIDS crisis.
If you have been wanting to get into classics I would definitely recommend this gem to you as the plot is gripping, the characters complex and the writing is beautiful but easy to comprehend.
My final point is that if a book that was written in 1914 and a movie that was released in 1987 can have a happy ending for the gays, WHY THE HELL ARE WE STILL SUFFERING IN 2021!