A Passage to India (Warbler Classics)

by E. M. Forster, J. B. Priestly (Contribution by)

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 British Raj, Dr. Aziz, a young Indian Muslim physician, befriends several English tourists in spite of expressions of caution from his Indian friends. What begins as an unexceptional but well-meaning sightseeing outing to a famous cave erupts into a misunderstanding with devastating consequences. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781954525924
Publisher:	Warbler Classics
Publication date:	10/23/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	272
File size:	7 MB

About the Author

E. M. Forster (1879-1970) was an English fiction writer, essayist, biographer, and travel writer whose most popular novels include A Room with a View, Howards End, and A Passage to India. Before his death in 1970 he was nominated for a Nobel Prize in Literature twenty times in fifteen separate years.
J. B. Priestly (1894-1984) was an English novelist, playwright, screenwriter, broadcaster, and social commentator. His best-known play, An Inspector Calls, is considered a classic of mid-twentieth-century English theatre. It was adapted for film in 1954.

Date of Birth:

January 1, 1879

Date of Death:

June 7, 1970

Place of Birth:

London

Place of Death:

Coventry, England

Education:

B. A. in classics, King's College, Cambridge, 1900; B. A. in history, 1901; M.A., 1910

Table of Contents

Contents

I Mosque

Chapter I3

Chapter II5

Chapter III16

Chapter IV25

Chapter V28

Chapter VI39

Chapter VII45

Chapter VIII60

Chapter IX75

Chapter X85

Chapter XI87

II CAVES

Chapter XII95

Chapter XIII98

Chapter XIV103

Chapter XV117

Chapter XVI120

Chapter XVII127

Chapter XVIII130

Chapter XIX135

Chapter XX141

Chapter XXI150

Chapter XXII151

Chapter XXIII162

Chapter XXIV165

Chapter XXV181

Chapter XXVI187

Chapter XXVII196

Chapter XXVIII201

Chapter XXIX203

Chapter XXX209

Chapter XXXI213

Chapter XXXII221

III TEMPLE

Chapter XXXIII225

Chapter XXXIV232

Chapter XXXV236

Chapter XXXVI242

Chapter XXXVII252

The Younger Novelists J. B. Priestley257

Biographical Timeline260

Editorial Reviews

"Because of the reputation the novel has acquired as a classic since its publication in 1924, one tends to forget what a smashingly good story it is."

-The New York Times

"Forster's book is not about India alone; it is about all of human life."

-Lionel Trilling

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