About the book: 2000 / E. M. Forster (1879–1970) - classic of English literature. The novel "Maurice" was created in 1912, but, according to the will of the writer, it was published only a year after his death - in 1971. The book tells about the love relationship between two friends, students at Cambridge University, belonging to the English aristocracy and middle class. It describes the puritan atmosphere of Victorian England, the class stratification of society contemporary to Forster. The novel became famous worldwide thanks to its film adaptation by director James Ivory in 1987..