For his first clerical assignment, Maurice served an assistant curacy in Bubbenhall in Warwickshire from 1834 until 1836. During his time in Bubbenhall, Maurice began writing on the topic of "moral and metaphysical philosophy". Writing on this topic by "revision and expansion" continued the rest of his life until the publication of "Moral and Metaphysical Philosophy, 2 vols" in 1871–1872, the year of his death. Also, Maurice's novel "Eustace Conway", begun , was published in 1834 and was praised by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.