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A Passage to India

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A Passage to India
Edward Morgan Forster

A Passage to India (1924) is a novel by English author E. M. Forster set against the backdrop of the British Raj and the Indian independence movement in the 1920s. It was selected as one of the 100 great works of 20th century English literature by the Modern Library and won the 1924 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction. Time magazine included the novel in its "All Time 100 Novels" list. The novel is based on Forster's experiences in India, deriving the title from Walt Whitman's 1870 poem "Passage to India" in Leaves of Grass.

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A PASSAGE TO
INDIA

By
E. M. FORSTER
Author of "Howards End," "A Room
with a View" etc.

HBMC

New York
Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc.

To

SYED ROSS MASOOD

AND TO THE SEVENTEEN YEARS
OF OUR FRIENDSHIP



This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1929.


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