Maurice (E.M. Forster/Merchant Ivory)

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— Edward Gorey • A Gorey Encounter, Speak, Fall 1997 • Ed Pinsent

is this the “breaking up with maurice” uniform?

James Wilby & gay roles.

Hands, 3 of 4 (Alec and Maurice)

James Wilby in Maurice {Part 1}

Parallels in Maurice (1987) — I just love the difference in his expressions here. From resigned, quiet bewilderment with Clive to the serene recognition of love and friendship with Alec.

Maurice Valentines part 2

this scene is “get his ass” fully dramatized

Romantic Friendship and the Birth of Gay Identity

maurice dreaming about spending all his life together with a friend who trusts and loves him the same way he does since he was a teenager is the most heartwarming fact about this novel

James Wilby in Maurice (1987)

😎 tiny deleted scene 😎  (yeah the quality is debatable but i did my best)

"At last he knew what had been wrong. For years, Maurice, or something like Maurice, had been demanding to be born. Already, he had been seeking relief by writing facetious stories on a homosexual theme; but this had not been enough, thought he was not ashamed of them, just as discipline and self-repression had not been enough, though he didn't mean to give these up. The time had come for him to commit himself, in imagination if it could not be in life, to the belief that homosexual love was good. He needed to affirm, without possibility of retreat, that love of this kind could be an ennobling and not a degrading thing, and that if there were any 'perversion' in the matter it was a perversity of a society which insanely denied an essential part of the human inheritance." - PN Furbank's introduction to Maurice by EM Forster

Mr.Maurice. Dear Sir. Why did you not reply to my telegram? I waited for you both nights at the boathouse. Maurice, was you taken ill as the indoor servants say? I hope you feel well as usual.

Pat.