Did somebody read E.M. Forster's "A Passage to India"? Is that based on a true story?

Answer 1

I have read the book..yes.

A Passage to India, published in 1924, was E.M. Forster's first novel in fourteen years, and the last novel he wrote. Subtle and rich in symbolism, the novel works on several levels. On the surface, it is about India—which at the time was a colonial possession of Britain—and about the relations between Bntish and Indian people in that country. It is also about the necessity of friendship, and about the difficulty of establishing friendship across cultural boundaries.

On a more symbolic level, the novel also addresses questions of faith (both religious faith and faith in social conventions). Forster's narrative centers on Dr. Aziz, a young Indian physician whose attempt to establish friendships with several British characters has disastrous consequences. In the course of the novel, Dr. Aziz is accused of attempting to rape a young Englishwoman. Aziz's friend Mr. Fielding, a Bntish teacher, helps to defend Aziz. Although the charges against Aziz are dropped during his trial, the gulf between the British and native Indians grows wider than ever, and the novel ends on an ambiguous note.

When A Passage to India appeared in 1924, it was praised by reviewers in a number of important British and American literary journals. Despite some criticism that Forster had depicted the British unfairly, the book was popular with readers in both Britain and the United States.

The book is a fiction, based on just imaginations. Though more than seventy years later, it remains highly regarded. Not only do many scholars, critics, and other writers consider it a classic of early twentieth-century fiction, but in a survey of readers conducted by Waterstone's Bookstore and Channel 4 television in Britain at the end of 1996, it was voted as one of the "100 Greatest Books of the Century..

Answer 2

E.M. Forsters "A passage to India" is a totally fictitious account of life in India under the Raj. It is a fantastic book and I would recommend it to anyone.

Answer 3

Yes, somebody did... Well, I did too. No, it is not based on a true story but on a novel.

Answer 4

It's a book of fiction. But you get a realistic depiction of life under British colonial rule.

Answer 5

Obviously someone read it or it would not have been remembered. Like all novels, it is based on reality, but is in no way a biography.

Answer 6

Good book, good film, but not based on a true story.

Answer 7

yes, interesting novel; as far as i know, no; anyway this is not so important