A Passage to India (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780486835945)

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, the Marabar Caves--a disastrous excursion that concludes with the schoolteacher accusing the doctor of attempting to rape her. His arrest and trial divide an already troubled Indian community, bringing its racial and sexual tensions to a boil.
Widely regarded as one of the greatest novels of the twentieth century, A Passage to India reflects the country's rising nationalism. E. M. Forster's 1924 tale offers a stirring condemnation of the abuses of British colonialism. Written at the height of Forster's career, the book recaptures a heated political atmosphere and offers a foreigner's view of India as a place of mystery and exotic beauty, inhabited by a people unknowable to outsiders.

Author: E. M. Forster
ISBN-10: 0486835944
ISBN-13: 9780486835945
Publisher: Dover Publications
Language: English
Published: 01/15/2020
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.00w x 0.80d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 7.7
Point Value: 18
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 16718 / Passage to India