num_pages: 343
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 masterly 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.
language: English
title: A Passage to India
titlecomplete: A Passage to India
characters: Adela Quested, Ralph Moore, Hamidullah, Stella Moore, Amritrao, Dr. Aziz, Nawab Bahadur, Miss Derek, Mr. Turton, Dr. Panna Lal, Professor Maryan Godbole, Mr. McBryde, Maj. Callendar, Mahmoud Ali, Ronny Heaslop, Cyril Fielding, Mrs. Turton, Mrs. Moore
genres: 20th Century, Literature, Historical, Classics, Literary Fiction, Novels, India, Historical Fiction, Fiction, British Literature
ratings_count: 78488
places: Chandrapore , India
awards: awardedAt: -1451664000000
name: James Tait Black Memorial Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: -1420041600000
name: Prix Femina - Vie Heureuse
publisher: Penguin