Amelia’s Pick of the week - Maurice by E.M. Forster

With the publication of the young adult illustrated edition of Maurice by E.M. Forster, Amelia has selected this book as our Pick of the Week.

Maurice has been a queer cult classic for decades, and this new edition featuring beautiful illustrations by Luke Edward Hall makes the perfect gift.

Amelia says ‘I read Maurice in my youth, which I am still in. I read it because I had read Call Me By Your Name by Andre Aciman (another gay love story but set in the late 80s in Southern Italy) and thought that Maurice would be the early 20th-century equivalent… I was wrong. Maurice has stood the test of time, with reviews being mixed at best when it was first published in the 1970s but this book has gone from critically hated to acclaimed, a very normal path for books on queer love published at the time.’

Come and pick up a copy in the shop or order online here

Maurice New Illustrated Edition

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