Frederick Atkinson
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TheWhore2culture/W2C :
The film is very pretty but stripped of so much nuance. I first bought & read the book in 1975. I still have the same copy & read it every couple of years. You’ve missed the point of both book & film,also the reason it wasn’t published until after Forster’s death. If it were a tragedy then it wouldn’t have been a problem,gay men were expected to suffer even die but no happy ending. The book is based on the true story of the poet and socialist philosopher(early gay rights activist)Edward Carpenter and his working-class partner George Merrill, who stayed together for approximately 37 years until Merrill's death & who are now buried beside each other. Forster stayed with them in 1913 & wrote the first draft soon after. The book was so transgressive for the time, even the chosen few who read it said it was unpublishable. For the main point of the story, it offers hope & a happy ending. Clive represents everything that is wrong in society & Alec is Maurice’s redemption & true love. Alec saves Maurice from a life of emotional poverty,the chance of something & someone (whom he’s searching for in the book, internally),ie, a future & true unconditional love for the truth of who he is.
2026-11-10 11:42:22
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Mostlyharmless 🏴 :
Totally agree about Maurice, and the film is very faithful to the book.
2026-11-10 10:30:23
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Jazzmine جاسمين :
you should do an episode on Rebecca!
2026-11-10 12:12:59
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Lavender :
Such an important book! Though one should note that being gay wasn’t really made legal in 1967 as such, they just ‘permitted’ it in privacy. Interestingly enough, that meant being completely alone in a house and excluded things like hotel rooms. Another quite interesting thing is that the law only targeted buggery, being sapphic was never illegal (albeit frowned upon), which is why we have things like the kiss between Clarissa and Sally in Mrs Dalloway.
2026-11-10 10:30:32
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Fell😮💨 :
I have just finished reading this book and I loved it ❤️
2026-11-10 15:12:40
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Isaura :
I’m waiting to find this book secondhand but it’s been on my tbr for so long! Cant wait to hear what you think of rebecca
2026-11-10 10:11:40
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Shellllllton :
You should do audiobooks. I would listen to you read annnything!
2026-11-10 11:08:46
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María José 😎 🇲🇽 :
the movie is also great
2026-11-10 17:05:07
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Shakespearean Samurai :
Yayyyy Frederick has posted 🎉
2026-11-10 10:51:01
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Zoryn7 :
i didn't know it was a book omgg, i love the movie
2026-11-10 12:15:22
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sof :
Frederick if you ever stop posting I’m starting a rebellion😭I need more content like this
2026-11-10 10:50:27
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ihihihihiiv :
omg i love that book! btw you really look similar to the actor on the cover
2026-11-10 10:02:58
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marg :
I've been recommended but never watched the movie nor read the book but I'm sooooo tempted to!!!!
2026-11-10 15:12:11
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its_a_reading_ghost :
You’re always a pleasure to listen to
2026-11-10 10:52:12
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CINELI :
Added to the list📚 thank you so much, really! ✨
2026-11-10 10:15:58
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Javthinks :
Never heard about it
2026-11-10 10:21:33
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i love you sm
2026-11-10 09:59:15
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Nemo Lockeheart 📚 🎶 :
On my tbr!
2026-11-10 10:12:52
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Mara Awakens :
most people i watch keep one finished sentence in a drawer, written for nobody, read by nobody. a book that waits like that is not hiding, it's rehearsing. the drawer feels like safety, and every year it quietly decides what you are allowed to say.
2026-11-10 17:28:25
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𝑹𝒐𝒂𝒏 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒂 :
One of my favourite books <33
2026-11-10 09:59:29
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Han :
Are you gay yourself?
2026-11-10 15:12:23
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