num_pages: 376
description: When Adela Quested and her elderly companion Mrs Moore arrive in the Indian town of Chandrapore, they quickly feel trapped by its insular and prejudiced 'Anglo-Indian' community. Determined to escape the parochial English enclave and explore the 'real India', they seek the guidance of the charming and mercurial Dr Aziz, a cultivated Indian Muslim. But a mysterious incident occurs while they are exploring the Marabar caves with Aziz, and the well-respected doctor soon finds himself at the centre of a scandal that rouses violent passions among both the British and their Indian subjects. A masterful portrait of a society in the grip of imperialism, A Passage to India compellingly depicts the fate of individuals caught between the great political and cultural conflicts of the modern world. In his introduction, Pankaj Mishra outlines Forster's complex engagement with Indian society and culture. This edition reproduces the Abinger text and notes, and also includes four of Forster's essays on India, a chronology and further reading.
language: English
title: A Passage to India
titlecomplete: A Passage to India
characters: Mrs. Turton, Maj. Callendar, Ralph Moore, Dr. Panna Lal, Amritrao, Mr. Turton, Professor Maryan Godbole, Mrs. Moore, Nawab Bahadur, Stella Moore, Adela Quested, Mahmoud Ali, Dr. Aziz, Mr. McBryde, Miss Derek, Ronny Heaslop, Cyril Fielding, Hamidullah
genres: 20th Century, Historical Fiction, Historical, Literary Fiction, Novels, Literature, India, Classics, British Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 78484
places: India, Chandrapore 
awards: awardedAt: -1451664000000
name: James Tait Black Memorial Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: -1420041600000
name: Prix Femina - Vie Heureuse
publisher: Penguin Books