A Passage To India
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Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
First published in 1924, A Passage to India is a landmark work of literary fiction that chronicles the fraught social and political tensions of British colonial rule in India. Set in the fictional city of Chandrapore, the novel centres on the trial of Dr. Aziz, a young Indian Muslim physician accused of assaulting Adela Quested, a visiting Englishwoman, during an excursion to the mysterious Marabar Caves. Forster presents a searching and compassionate examination of race, misunderstanding, and the near-impossibility of genuine friendship across cultural divides under imperialism. Written with precision and deep psychological insight, the novel moves between the perspectives of its Indian, British, and Anglo-Indian characters to illustrate how prejudice and power corrupt even the most well-intentioned human connections. Widely regarded as one of the greatest English-language novels of the twentieth century, it remains a profoundly resonant study of cultural collision and moral ambiguity.
Author: E. M. Forster
Format: Paperback
Genre: Classic fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
First published in 1924, A Passage to India is a landmark work of literary fiction that chronicles the fraught social and political tensions of British colonial rule in India. Set in the fictional city of Chandrapore, the novel centres on the trial of Dr. Aziz, a young Indian Muslim physician accused of assaulting Adela Quested, a visiting Englishwoman, during an excursion to the mysterious Marabar Caves. Forster presents a searching and compassionate examination of race, misunderstanding, and the near-impossibility of genuine friendship across cultural divides under imperialism. Written with precision and deep psychological insight, the novel moves between the perspectives of its Indian, British, and Anglo-Indian characters to illustrate how prejudice and power corrupt even the most well-intentioned human connections. Widely regarded as one of the greatest English-language novels of the twentieth century, it remains a profoundly resonant study of cultural collision and moral ambiguity.