This is an auction for A PASSAGE TO INDIA by E M Forster.

Amazon.com review:

"What really happened in the Marabar caves? This is the mystery at the heart of E.M. Forster's 1924 novel, A Passage to India, the puzzle that sets in motion events highlighting an even larger question: Can an Englishman and an Indian be friends? Written while England was firmly in control of India, Forster's novel follows the fortunes of three English newcomers to India - Miss Adela Quested, Mrs Moore, and Cyril Fielding - and the Indian, Dr Aziz, with whom they cross destinies. The idea of true friendship between the races was a radical one in Forster's time, and he makes it clear that it was not one that either side welcomed. If Aziz's friend, Hamidullah, believed it impossible, the British representatives of the Raj were equally discouraging. Despite their countrymen's disapproval, Miss Quested, Mrs Moore and Mr Fielding are all eager to meet Indians, and in Dr Aziz they find a perfect companion: educated, westernized and open-minded. Slowly, the friendships ripen, especially between Aziz and Fielding. Having created the possibility of esteem based on trust and mutual affection, Forster then subjects it to the crucible of racial hatred: during a visit to the famed Marabar caves, Miss Quested accuses Dr Aziz of sexually assaulting her, then later recants during the frenzied trial that follows. Arguably Forster's greatest novel, A Passage to India paints a portrait of colonialism at its worst, and is remarkable for the complexity of its characters. Here Forster foreshadows the end of the Raj."

More very favourable reviews on Amazon.com.

Penguin paperback 1978.

317 pages.

Good condition.

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