A Passage To India By E M Forster Annotated Novel

Author : E. M. Forster
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Total Pages : 554 pages
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Download or read book A Passage to India (Annotated) written by E. M. Forster and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-25 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Newly Published edition of E.M. Forster's novel "A Passage To India." This edition includes: - A new introduction to the novel and the context of the British Raj - A short biography of E.M. Forster First published in 1924, A Passage to India is a novel that focuses on the independence movement that took place in India during the 1920s when the cracks in the British Empire were emerging. In his novel, English author, Edward Morgan Forster (January 1, 1879 - June 7, 1970), better known as E. M. Forster, introduces the reader to the country's quest to gain its freedom from the British Raj. India was formerly ruled by the British Crown. At the centre of the novel is the story of the trial of an Indian physician who has been accused of raping an Englishwoman. The Englishwoman, Adela Quested, accuses Dr. Aziz, the Indian physician, of assaulting her when he follows her into a cave (fictional caves called Marabar Cave, which is based on the Barabar Caves located in the Jehanabad District of Bihar, India). Dr. Aziz is a respected member of the Muslim community in India. He, like many other Indians who belong to his social class, find themselves to be in what can be described as an ambivalent relationship with the British administration that is ruling over India. He finds the British to be rude and is scornful of them, which leads him to try to ignore them completely. Despite his feelings for the British, Dr. Aziz finds Mrs. Moore's attempt to befriend him to be flattering. In addition, Cyril Fielding, an Englishman, also tries to befriend him. Mr. Fielding is the only British person who seems to have a genuine interest in helping Dr. Aziz when he is accused of assaulting Adela. Despite the attempts made by Mr. Fielding to help him, Dr. Aziz believes that at some point he will be betrayed by Mr. Fielding. In the novel, Forster seems to suggest that there are barriers in the way of their relationship. Forster even seems to suggest that the barriers present do not allow both individuals to demonstrate a relationship that reflects a true friendship. Inherently, A Passage to India deals with human relationships. Due to the circumstances that surround these two characters, their friendship is just like other friendships between the British and Indians. The circumstances under which they live in keep them apart. Their friendship is challenged by the landscape that has come to exist in India under the British Empire's rule.