(Your linked copy is read-on-screen, looks like it’s probably an illegal knock-off, and – for readers who care about context – not the best edition.) (2) It is simply untrue that ‘Maurice’ is available as a free download ‘all over the Internet’. But it is a wonderful novel, and regarded a lot more highly now, not solely by LGBTQ readers. ‘Maurice’ was certainly underrated in 1971 when it was first published … because its publication in the era of 1970s gay lib made it seem old-fashioned. Forster’s novel ‘Maurice’ is NOT ‘considered mediocre by literary standards’. And please research your article accurately. I’m with Assemblyman Chris Constant on this.
