E M Forster

A Passage to India By E. M. Forster Annotated Novel E M Forster

A Passage to India (1924) is a novel by the English writer E. M. Forster set in opposition to the backdrop of the British Raj and the Indian independence movement within the 1920s. It turned into selected as one of the hundred amazing works of twentieth century English literature by the Modern Library and received the 1924 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction. Time magazine protected the novel in its "All Time one hundred Novels" listing. The novel is based totally on Forster's reports in India, deriving the identity from Walt Whitman's 1870 poem "Passage to India" in Leaves of Grass. The tale revolves round four characters: Dr. Aziz, his British friend Mr. Cyril Fielding, Mrs. Moore, and Miss Adela Quested. During a ride to the fictitious Marabar Caves (modeled on the Barabar Caves of Bihar), Adela thinks she reveals herself alone with Dr. Aziz in one of the caves (when in fact he is in an entirely special cave), and ultimately panics and flees; it is assumed that Dr. Aziz has attempted to attack her. Aziz's trial, and its run-up and aftermath, bring to a boil the common racial tensions and prejudices among Indians and the British who rule India.