num_pages: 377
description: This ironic and compassionate novel addresses the difficulties of friendship between the races in British-ruled India. A Passage to India is a complex, beautifully rendered story of how a young Englishwoman's hallucination that she has been assaulted by a friendly young Indian doctor in an ancient cave gives rise to racial hysteria. This subtle and affecting novel is noted for its strong mystical overtones; it was Forster's last and greatest work and remains a guide to understanding Indian civilization.
language: English
title: A Passage To India
titlecomplete: A Passage To India
characters: Mahmoud Ali, Mrs. Moore, Dr. Aziz, Professor Maryan Godbole, Ralph Moore, Amritrao, Adela Quested, Hamidullah, Mrs. Turton, Dr. Panna Lal, Maj. Callendar, Cyril Fielding, Ronny Heaslop, Stella Moore, Miss Derek, Mr. McBryde, Mr. Turton, Nawab Bahadur
genres: 20th Century, Historical, India, Literature, Novels, Classics, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Literary Fiction, British Literature
ratings_count: 78521
places: India, Chandrapore 
awards: awardedAt: -1451664000000
name: James Tait Black Memorial Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: -1420041600000
name: Prix Femina - Vie Heureuse
publisher: Transaction Large Print