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E. M. Forster's exquisitely observed novel about the clash of cultures and the consequences of perception, set in colonial India Among the greatest novels of the twentieth century and the basis for director David Lean's Academy Award-winning film, A Passage to India unravels... Read Full Overview

A classic of modern fiction about colliding cultures--teeming with complexity, mystery, and menace.

Hailed as one of the finest novels of the twentieth century and transformed into an Academy Award-winning film, A Passage to India hauntingly evokes India... Read Full Overview

Among the greatest novels of the twentieth century, E. M. Forster's sweeping tale of prejudice and racial tension is set in colonial India at the turn of the century. As the Indian independence movement is gaining momentum but while the country is still under the rule of the... Read Full Overview

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A Passage to India is E.M. Forster's timeless novel set against the backdrop of British colonial rule in India. Through the story of Dr. Aziz, an Indian Muslim physician, and his complex relationships with British visitors--Mrs. Moore, Adela Quested, and Cyril Fielding--the... Read Full Overview

At the dawn of the twentieth century, the peak of the British colonial era, a visiting English schoolteacher and her traveling companion express a desire to see a more authentic side of India. One of their new friends, a young Muslim doctor, arranges a trip to a natural wonder,... Read Full Overview

A Passage to India is a 1924 novel by English author E. M. Forster set against the backdrop of the British Raj and the Indian independence movement in the 1920s. "We may hate one another, but we hate you most... Yes, we shall drive every blasted Englishman into the sea."... Read Full Overview

E. M. Forster's beloved classic and sharp critique of imperialism

About A Passage to India "Outside the arch, always there seemed another arch. And beyond the remotest echo, a silence." A Passage to India is a 1924 novel by celebrated English author E. M. Forster, deriving its title from Walt Whitman's 1870 poem "Passage to India" in Leaves... Read Full Overview

A Passage to India is about how friendship may be difficult or even impossible when there are racial tensions and prejudices in peoples from different cultures and countries. It was included in its "All Time 100 Novels" list by Time magazine and thanks to this and other works... Read Full Overview

Among the greatest novels of the twentieth century, and the basis for director David Lean's Academy Award-nominated film, A Passage to India turns on a tragic clash of cultures in British India after the turn of the century, at the height of the Indian independence... Read Full Overview

Among the greatest novels of the twentieth century, A Passage to India is set in pre-Independence India. A compelling portrait of a society in the grip of imperialism, this classic depicts the fate of individuals caught in the great political and cultural conflicts... Read Full Overview

Set against the backdrop of British India , this timeless work of literary fiction delves into the complexity of human relationships shaped by empire, culture, and belief . A suspenseful journey unfolds as a mysterious accusation sparks a classic courtroom drama , exposing deep-rooted... Read Full Overview

E.M. Forster's 1924 political and philosophical masterpiece, 'A Passage to India', is among the greatest novels of the twentieth century. The book mirrors the troubled politics of colonialism and questions whether a friendship between a British person and an Indian would have... Read Full Overview

A beautiful Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics hardcover edition of one of the greatest novels of the twentieth century, with an introduction by P. N. Furbank.

Britain's three-hundred-year relationship with the Indian subcontinent produced much fiction of... Read Full Overview

Set against the backdrop of British India , this timeless work of literary fiction delves into the complexity of human relationships shaped by empire, culture, and belief . A suspenseful journey unfolds as a mysterious accusation sparks a classic courtroom drama , exposing deep-rooted... Read Full Overview

The richest and most ambitious novel by one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century, this masterpiece counts the human cost of British-occupied India, a society afflicted by imperialism and racism.