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A passage to India

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In this 1924 tale of colonial India, a visiting Englishwoman accuses a Muslim doctor of rape. Her charge brings an already troubled community's racial and sexual tensions to a boil.

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Main Author: Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan), 1879-1970
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Mineola, NY : Dover Publications, 2020.
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India > Fiction.
Race relations > Fiction.
British > India > Fiction.
Political fiction > India.
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What really happened in the Marabar caves? Adela Quested arrives in Chandrapore, India, prepared to marry a British magistrate who exemplifies the narrow-minded, anti-Indian prejudices of the imperial bureaucracy. But she soon meets the charming and mercurial Dr. Aziz, who offers to show her the "real" India. An expedition to the famed Marabar caves ends in explosive accusations and a schism that foreshadows the eventual end of British rule in India. Sam Dastor brilliantly evokes the Indian scenes and accents that make this story so intriguing. Excerpted from A Passage to India by E. M. Forster All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.

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