Maurice

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1971

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Before You Read

Summary

Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Part 1, Chapters 1-5

Part 1, Chapters 6-11

Part 2, Chapters 12-19

Part 2, Chapters 20-25

Part 3, Chapters 26-32

Part 3, Chapters 33-37

Part 4, Chapters 38-46

Character Analysis

Themes

Symbols & Motifs

Important Quotes

Essay Topics

Discuss Maurice as a bildungsroman. How is it similar to other examples of the genre, and how is it different?

Many of the places Maurice depicts—Cambridge, Penge, the British Museum, etc.—are symbolic in some way. What might Forster be trying to say about the importance of setting?

What does the novel mean when it says Maurice’s inner life is split between “the brutal” and “the ideal”? How does this idea reflect the novel’s themes?