A Passage to India (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: E. M. Forster
- First Published: 1924
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: c. 1920
- Setting: India
- Principal Characters: Dr. Aziz, Mrs. Moore, Ronald Heaslop, Adela Quested, Cecil Fielding
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: Nature, Religion, Friendship, 1920’s, Trials, England or English people, India or East Indian people, Mysticism, Caves
- Locales: India
The Story:
Dr. Aziz had been doubly snubbed that evening. He had been summoned to the civil surgeon’s house while he was at supper, but when he arrived, he found that his superior had departed for his club without bothering to leave any message. In addition, two Englishwomen emerged from the house and took their departure in his hired tonga without even thanking him.
The doctor started back toward the city of Chandrapore afoot. Tired, he stopped at a mosque to rest and was furiously angry when he saw an Englishwoman emerge from behind its pillars with, as he thought,...
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