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E. M. Forster - Passage to India

A classic account of the clash of cultures in British India after the turn of the century.

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#5 in the "Gifts of Harry" Book Review Series

bythewasp Jan 1, 2010
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Pros Vivid portrayals of life in India under the Raj
Cons Book II is a little slow in the beginning
Recommended it? Yes

"A Passage to India" is set mostly in Chandrapore, India, in the early 1920's.  Earlier today, just before finishing the book, I looked up Chandrapore in an atlas.  Forster places it on the Ganges, which doesn't seem to be the case in reality; but this is a minute complaint to hold... Read full review »

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"A Passage To India": Bridging Cultural Gaps

byserpico Sep 1, 2003
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Pros E.M. Forster's narrative style
Cons Nothing.
Recommended it? Yes

E.M. Forster's A Passage To India is a novel concerned with cultural disharmony that lay in British Colonial India in first part of the twentieth century. The novel adheres to Forster's inclination for concise, and compacted social exposition, wherein a single narrative encapsulates a much more... Read full review »

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A short passage about India

byjohnkerr Feb 24, 2000
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Pros masterful character studies, great English
Cons huge moral issue not quite in tune with our times
Recommended it? Yes

Ambitious multi-racial picnic at spooky Marabar caves ends in disarray when Kensington intellectual, Adela Quested, throws a wobbly. "The British and the Indians must keep their place"; mocks college principal, Fielding, but the English Club of Chandrapore take him literally and unite in prejudice... Read full review »

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ISBN13: 9780679405498. ISBN10: 0679405496. by E. M. Forster. Published by Random House, Inc.. Edition: 91

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Passage To India - E.M. Forster - 9780156711425 - 0156711427

ISBN13: 9780156711425. ISBN10: 0156711427. by E.M. Forster. Published by Harcourt Trade Publishers. Edition: 24

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Authors E. M. Forster
Narrator Kate Reading

Professional Reviews

North American Review: "An exceptional novel...in which nothing, absolutely nothing, is said as anyone else would say it....This novel is one of the great literary victories over the inherent commonplaceness of words--a triumphant escape from the stereotyped."

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HardcoverReissueNovember 01, 1989Harcourt8.25"(h) x 5.5"(w) x 1"(d), 1.1 lbs.9780151711413

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Except for the Marabar Caves--and they are twenty miles off--the city of Chandrapore presents nothing extraordinary.

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