Maurice by E.M. Forster

I'm taking a course called Gay and Lesbian Literature this semester and our first book is Maurice by E.M. Forster (pronounced mor-is because of the time period). Written and set in the early 1900s, two men meet at Cambridge and fall in love. Homosexuality is presented in a very obtainable way; though not every reader of this novel will be gay, hardships are experienced by all. I am really enjoying this novel and the direction it is taking. It's a bumpy ride, when things are going great they do not stay that way for long. Though the novel begins slowly, by half way through part one it picks up and the plot thickens.

Something extra:

Maurice was written during 1913 and 1914, and published after Forster's death in 1971. This is an interesting commentary on the time; homosexuality wasn't something that was very hush hush I suppose, too risque for the masses.