A Passage to India

E. M. Forster · 1924 · English

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What it is

In Chandrapore, a town of British India, the young Englishwoman Adela Quested arrives with the elderly Mrs Moore, eager to see the real India. A young Muslim doctor, Aziz, befriends them along with the college principal Fielding, and arranges an outing to the remote Marabar Caves, where what happens, or seems to happen, turns the colonial town against him.

Why it matters

The last novel Forster published in his lifetime is the classic novel of the Raj, exposing the gulf between rulers and ruled as the independence movement grew. It won the James Tait Black prize and set the benchmark for later novels of British India, such as Paul Scott's Raj Quartet.

Reading it

About 350 pages. Medium difficulty: it asks for steady attention, but stands on its own.

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