{"product_id":"a-passage-to-india-introduction-by-p-n-furbank-hardcover","title":"A Passage to India: Introduction by P. N. Furbank - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eE. M. Forster\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eP. N. Furbank\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBritain's three-hundred-year relationship with the Indian subcontinent produced much fiction of interest but only one indisputable masterpiece: E. M. Forster's \u003ci\u003eA Passage to India\u003c\/i\u003e, published in 1924, at the height of the Indian independence movement. Centering on an ambiguous incident between a young Englishwoman of uncertain stability and an Indian doctor eager to know his conquerors better, Forster's book explores, with unexampled profundity, both the historical chasm between races and the eternal one between individuals struggling to ease their isolation and make sense of their humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdward Morgan Forster was born in London in 1879, attended Tonbridge School as a day boy, and went on to King's College, Cambridge, in 1897. With King's he had a lifelong connection and was elected to an Honorary Fellowship in 1946. He declared that his life as a whole had not been dramatic, and he was unfailingly modest about his achievements. Interviewed by the BBC on his eightieth birthday, he said: 'I have not written as much as I'd like to . . . I write for two reasons: partly to make money and partly to win the respect of people whom I respect . . . I had better add that I am quite sure I am not a great novelist.' Eminent critics and the general public have judged otherwise and in his obituary \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e called him 'one of the most esteemed English novelists of his time'.He wrote six novels, four of which appeared before the First World War, \u003ci\u003eWhere Angels Fear to Tread\u003c\/i\u003e (1905), \u003ci\u003eThe Longest Journey\u003c\/i\u003e (1907), \u003ci\u003eA Room with a View\u003c\/i\u003e (1908), and \u003ci\u003eHoward's End\u003c\/i\u003e (1910). An interval of fourteen years elapsed before he published \u003ci\u003eA Passage to India\u003c\/i\u003e. It won both the Prix Femina Vie Heureuse and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. \u003ci\u003eMaurice\u003c\/i\u003e, his novel on a homosexual theme, finished in 1914, was published posthumously in 1971. He also published two volumes of short stories; two collections of essays; a critical work, \u003ci\u003eAspects of the Novel; The Hill of Devi, \u003c\/i\u003e a fascinating record of two visits Forster made to the Indian State of Dewas Senior; two biographies; two books about Alexandria (where he worked for the Red Cross in the First World War); and, with Eric Crozier, the libretto for Britten's opera \u003ci\u003eBilly Budd\u003c\/i\u003e. He died in June 1970.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 344\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.02 x 8.18 x 5.23 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 03, 1992\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Passage to India\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7.7\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 18\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51756907495712,"sku":"9780679405498","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/cc551c05dbf20bd7463eabb319cd526e.webp?v=1780088964","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-passage-to-india-introduction-by-p-n-furbank-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}