“Passage to more than India! O secret of the earth and sky!”
W. Whitman
The book is set in the 1920’s in India and is a story of Dr. Aziz, an Indian doctor, his
friend Mr. Field-ing, a British professor and two British women Mrs. Moore and
Miss Adela Quested. Due to an inci-dent occurring in the fictitious Marabar Caves
(based on the Barabar Caves of Bihar, India), the char-acters find themselves
in the turmoil of a changing India which highlights the prejudices and racial
stresses between Indians and British.
A Passage to India whose title comes from Walt Whitman’s famous poem
“Passage to India”, is one of E.M. Forster’s most famous novels and based
on Forster’s experiences in India.
Syllabus
Verb Tenses Present Perfect Simple
Past Perfect Simple - Future with will
Verb Forms and Patterns Used to
Passive forms - Phrasal verbs - Reported
speech - Modal verbs (must, might, could,
would etc)
In this Reader you will find:
Information about E. Forster’s life and writing |
A focus on The History of English Colonialism |
A fo-cus on religion and race in India during
English Colonialism | A focus on daily life in India
during Colo-nialism | Glossary of difficult words |
Comprehension and grammar activities
Tags
Classic literature | Justice
