A Passage to India by E. M. Forster (1879 - 1970)
Genre(s): Literary Fiction, Published 1900 onward

Read by: Kirsten Wever in English
Cover design by Annise.

Parts:
Part 1 https://youtu.be/u0VAPbVceG0

Chapters:
00:00:00 - 19 - Chapter 19
00:21:01 - 20 - Chapter 20
00:54:41 - 21 - Chapter 21
00:57:57 - 22 - Chapter 22
01:31:36 - 23 - Chapter 23
01:41:12 - 24 - Chapter 24
02:32:55 - 25 - Chapter 25
02:50:45 - 26 - Chapter 26
03:19:29 - 27 - Chapter 27
03:33:52 - 28 - Chapter 28
03:40:52 - 29 - Chapter 29
04:02:31 - 30 - Chapter 30
04:15:55 - 31 - Chapter 31
04:41:40 - 32 - Chapter 32
04:45:04 - 33 - Chapter 33
05:06:51 - 34 - Chapter 34
05:19:09 - 35 - Chapter 35
05:38:45 - 36 - Chapter 36
06:12:39 - 37 - Chapter 37

E. M. Forster's A Passage to India (1924) is widely acclaimed as one of the hundred best literary works of 20th century. Time magazine rates it among the top 100 English-language novels of all time.

A Passage to India is set at the moment when the lasting supremacy of the British Raj could no longer be taken for granted. Imperial power had been effectively supported by old and deep-seated religious and cultural conflicts between India's Hindu and Muslim populations, which divided and sapped the local powers ultimately needed to overthrew imperial rule in 1947. Forster illustrates how this rift begins to be overshadowed by the increasing resistance of all Indians to the extreme racism, oppression and socio-political mismanagement of British rule.

The work is perhaps best known for his brilliant development of the relationships between his characters, which are fraught by a wide range of precarious cultural, social, political and economic dualisms: e.g., Occident / Orient; imperialist / colonial; men / women. He carries the idea expressed in his famous words 'only connect' (from Howards End) to its limits, examining the difficulties - often the inherent impossibility - of 'connection' across racial, sexual, religious and social divides. - Summary by Kirsten Wever

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