Forfatter fødeår: 1879-1970
Lucy has her rigid, middle-class life mapped out for her until she visits Florence with her uptight cousin Charlotte, and finds her neatly ordered existence thrown off balance. Lucy... Læs mere
Written during 1913 and 1914, Maurice deals with the then unmentionable subject of homosexuality. More unusual, it concerns a relationship that ends happily.
The rich Wilcoxes, the gentle, idealistic Schlegels and the lower-middle class Basts. As the Schlegel sisters try desperately to help the Basts and educate the close-minded Wilcoxes, the families are drawn together in love, lies and death.
When Adela Quested and her elderly companion Mrs Moore arrive in the Indian town of Chandrapore, they quickly feel trapped by its insular and prejudiced 'Anglo-Indian' community.... Læs mere
Rickie Elliot, a sensitive and intelligent young man with an intense imagination and a certain amount of literary talent, sets out from Cambridge full of hopes to become a writer.... Læs mere
A stunning edition of this classic queer novel by one of the greatest writers of the twentieth-century, with a new introduction by Colm Tóibín, bestselling author of Long Island
Under et ophold i Firenze stifter den unge, engelske frøken Lucy Honeychurch bekendtskab med den unge George Emerson. Lucys ledsager og chaperone - den... Læs mere
Maurice udspiller sig på det elegante Cambridge, hvor mesterforfatteren E.M. Forster introducerer os for den fjortenårige Maurice Hall. Vi følger Maurice gennem skolen og Cambridge og videre ind i... Læs mere
Under en ferie lærer to velstillede familier – Schlegel-søstrene og familien Wilcox – hinanden at kende. En forelskelse blusser kort op, et venskab knyttes, og langsomt bliver familierne mere... Læs mere
Tells the story of Lilia Herriton, who proves to be an embarrassment to her late husband's family as, in the small Tuscan town of Monteriano, she begins a relationship with a much younger Italian man - classless, uncouth and unsuitable.
Lucy has her rigid, middle-class life mapped out for her until she visits Florence with her uptight cousin Charlotte, and finds her neatly ordered existence thrown off balance. Lucy... Læs mere