Time-Line of Maurice (book-verse)
Using August 29, 1913 as a reference, I noticed that August 29 doesn't fall on Saturday until 1914. Therefore I've based the following dates on the actual calendars and adjusted by subtracting one year to fit Forster's vision. So while Easter Sunday actually fell on April 16th in 1911, we're pretending it's 1910.
Dates in BLUE are unconfirmed speculation. GREEN dates are unfounded guesses used mostly to give you an idea of the passage of time. The numbers in parentheses refer to the chapter in which the information may be located. Please feel free to pipe up with any dates/notes of your own or if anything looks wrong. I'll be sure to adjust as necessary.
January-April 1888
- Clive is born. (32)
August 12, 1889 (Monday)
- Maurice is born. (34)
September-October 1891
- Kitty is born. (epilogue)
1902
- George is hired as a garden boy. (2)
1904
- At age 16, Clive has a breakdown and is removed from school. (12)
- During convalescence, Clive falls in love with his male, married cousin. (12)
- (May) Mr Ducie has a "talk" with Maurice. (1)
- (May/June) Maurice graduates from Mr Abraham's school. (1)
- (May/June) Maurice comes home, finds out George left a week before. (2)
- (August 12) Maurice turns 15.
- (Fall) Maurice attends Sunnington. (3)
- (Fall) Maurice meets Arthur Chapman. (7)
Summer of 1905
- (August 12) Maurice turns 16. (3)
- Maurice starts dreaming of George. (3)
Fall of 1907
- Clive begins at Cambridge. (12)
Spring of 1908
- Maurice graduates from Sunnington. (4)
Fall of 1908
- Maurice is 19, begins at Cambridge. (4)
- Clive starts his second year. (6)
- Clive meets Risley. (12)
Summer of 1909
- Clive tells his mother that he's unorthodox. (7)
October of 1909
- Maurice moves into college for his second year. (5)
- Clive starts his third year. (6)
November of 1909
- Maurice and Chapman have lunch with the Dean (Mr Cornwallis) and meet Risley (a senior). (5)
- Maurice goes to Risley's rooms and meets Clive. (6)
December 25, 1909
- Clive refuses to go to Holy Communion. (7)
January of 1910
- Clive confides in Maurice that he is unorthodox. Relates family ordeal over Holy Communion. (7)
- Debate religion. (7)
April 14-28 1910 (Easter Holidays) Forster says Maurice spends three weeks with his family, but Easter Hols only last two according to Wikipedia.
- (April 16) Maurice refuses to attend church with his family. (8)
- Miss Gladys Olcott visits the Halls. (8)
May 1, 1910 (Monday)
- Maurice goes back to Cambridge. (9)
May 4, 1910 (Thursday)
- Clive arrives. (9)
- Clive confesses his feelings and Maurice rejects him. (9)
- Maurice suffers from insomnia. (10)
May 5, 1910 (Friday)
- Clive writes him an "icy" note which Maurice burns along with all the other letters. (10)
- They don't speak, Maurice suffers from insomnia. (10)
May 6, 1910 (Saturday)
- After a game of tennis, they nearly have an accident on the road due to Maurice's sleep deprivation. (10)
- Maurice cries and admits to himself that he's attracted solely to men. (10)
May 30, 1910 (Tuesday)
- Maurice confesses his love, but Clive turns him away. (11)
May 31, 1910 (Wednesday)
- At the first glimmer of dawn, Maurice goes to Clive's bedside. They kiss. (11)
June 1, 1910 (Thursday)
- Maurice and Clive ditch school in favor of a picnic. (13)
- They lose the side-car. (13)
June 2, 1910 (Friday)
- The Dean expels Maurice. (14)
- Clive helps Maurice pack. (14)
- Clive writes a letter of despair. (14)
June 3, 1910 (Saturday)
- Maurice receives Clive's letter. (14)
June 4, 1910 (Sunday)
- Mrs Hall pleads and weeps, but Maurice is obstinate. (15)
- Maurice receives another letter from Clive. (15)
Late Spring to Early Summer of 1910
- Clive and Maurice exchange letters every day. (15)
- They meet at a restaurant once, but decide to stick to letters. (15)
- Dr Barry lectures Maurice. (15)
July of 1910
- Maurice visits Penge and meets the Durhams. (16)
- Clive persuades Maurice to apologize to the Dean and return to Cambridge in October. (16)
October of 1910
- Maurice returns to Cambridge for third year. (17)
- Clive begins his fourth year. (17)
Summer of 1911
- Clive and Maurice travel in Italy. (17)
Spring-Summer of 1912
- Both graduate Cambridge. (17)
- Clive starts working for the bar. (17)
- Maurice joins his father's company. (17)
- Every Wednesday, Maurice sleeps in Clive's flat. (18)
- Clive passes his bar exams. (19)
- Clive gets sick and passes it to Maurice. They don't see one another for several weeks. (20)
- Clive faints during dinner with the Halls (20), returns to Penge after a few days. (21)
- Maurice spends weekends with Clive at Penge, even takes a few days off from work. (21)
Septebmer of 1912
- Clive goes to Greece (20), meets Anne (29).
October of 1912 to March of 1913
- (October) Clive visits the Halls. He dumps Maurice, confesses his love for Ada, and they have a row. (25)
- Maurice takes it out on Ada. (26)
- Clive sends letters to which Maurice makes suicidal replies. (26)
- Maurice's grandfather (Mr Grace) dies (27). Maurice decides to live. (28)
- Ada is engaged to Chapman. (28)
- Maurice apologizes to Ada. (28)
- Maurice becomes involved in social work. (28)
February of 1913
- Alec is hired at Penge. (44)
May 16, of 1913 (Saturday)
- Dickie sleeps over. (29)
May 17, of 1913 (Sunday)
- Mrs Hall receives a letter from Mrs Durham. Clive is engagement to Anne. (29)
- Maurice ditches responsiblities in favor of spending time with his new-found god, Dickie Barry. (29)
- Maurice makes a pass at the boy. (29)
May 18, of 1913 (Monday)
- Dickie leaves. (30)
May 22, of 1913 (Friday)
- Maurice's passion for Dickie fades away. (30)
- Clive calls Maurice at work, introduces Anne. (30)
May-July 1913
- (May) Just when Maurice decides to consult a doctor, an old man makes a pass at him on the train. (31)
- (May) The day after, Maurice asks Dr Jowitt about homosexuals, but gets a discouraging response. (31)
- (May) Maurice visits Dr Barry instead, confessing his condition. (31)
- (May) A week after Clive calls, Mr Hill gets married. (30)
- (May) Ada marries Chapman. (30)
- (June) Clive marries Anne. (30)
- (July) Miss Tonks gives Kitty a ticket to Tchaikovsky's 'Symphony Pathétique, but she couldn't go. Maurice went in her stead. (32)
- (July) After the concert, Risley bumps into Maurice and gives him the address of a hypnotist. (32)
- (July) Maurice reads about Tchaikovsky. (32)
August 11, 1913 (Tuesday)
- First mention of Alec. (34)
- Maurice meets Anne face to face. (34)
- Maurice wires Dr Lasker Jones for an appointment. (34)
- “There’s the sweetest hole in the ceiling,” cried Anne. (34)
August 12, 1913 (Wednesday)
- Maurice's 24th birthday (34), but Clive forgot (35).
- Maurice writes a statement of his condition for the hypnotist, Mr Lasker Jones. (35)
- Clive talks to Maurice about the wonders of women, kisses his hand. (35)
- Maurice first calls out, "Come!" into the night. (35)
August 13, 1913 (Thursday)
- Maurice and Archie leave for town, Alec refuses a tip. (36)
- Maurice meets Mr Lasker Jones. (36)
- After hypnotic session, Mr Lasker Jones orders Maurice back to Penge. (36)
- Alec apoligizes to Maurice. (37)
- After dinner, Maurice talks to Alec about his upcoming emigration. (37)
- Alec climbs into the Russet Room, spends the night. (37)
August 14, 1913 (Friday)
- Alec and Maurice talk in bed. (38)
- Maurice declines role of captain, gives it to Alec. (39)
- Cricket game. (39)
- Maurice worries himself sick (39) and leaves Penge early. (40)
- Maurice receives a telegram from Alec asking to meet in the boathouse. (40)
- Alec waits in the boathouse. (40)
August 15, 1913 (Saturday)
- Alec waits in the boathouse. (40)
August 16, 1913 (Sunday)
- Maurice calls Mr Lasker Jones for another appointment. (40)
August 19, 1913 (Wednesday)
- Letter from Alec, he had waited both nights. (40)
- Appointment with Mr Lasker Jones, failed to be hypnotized. (41)
- Maurice receives letter from Alec asking to meet in London on Tuesday. Maurice writes back with the time and place. (42)
August 20, 1913 (Thursday)
- Holiday over, Maurice goes back to work. (42)
August 25, 1913 (Tuesday)
- Maurice meets Alec at the British Museum, bump into Mr Ducie. (43)
- Alec and Maurice spend the night together in a hotel. (43)
August 26, 1913 (Wednesday)
- Maurice asks Alec to stay with him, but is rejected. (44)
August 28, 1913 (Friday)
- Alec packs for Buenos Aires. (44)
August 29, 1913 (Saturday)
- Maurice meets the Scudders at Alec's boat, the SS Normannia. (45)
- Maurice meets Alec at the boathouse. (45)
- Maurice says farewell to Clive. (45)
1918
- Kitty bumps into Alec and Maurice. (epilogue)