{"product_id":"a-passage-to-india","title":"A Passage to India by E.M. Forster","description":"\u003ch2\u003eA Passage to India by E.M. Forster\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003e\"A Passage to India\"\u003c\/b\u003e—published in 1924—is the final and most complex novel by \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"0\" data-index-in-node=\"78\"\u003eE.M. Forster\u003c\/b\u003e. It stands as a landmark of 20th-century literature, capturing the terminal friction of the British Raj.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"1\"\u003eWhile Forster’s earlier works (like \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"1\" data-index-in-node=\"36\"\u003eA Room with a View\u003c\/i\u003e) focused on the \"undeveloped heart\" of the English middle class, this novel expands that critique to a global stage. It asks a haunting, central question: \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"1\" data-index-in-node=\"210\"\u003eIs it possible for an Englishman and an Indian to be friends while one is the colonizer and the other is the colonized?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-path-to-node=\"25\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"25\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eWhy It Remains a Masterpiece\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul data-path-to-node=\"26\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"26,0,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"26,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eA Critique of Liberalism:\u003c\/b\u003e Forster, himself a liberal, uses Fielding to show that \"good intentions\" are not enough to bridge the power imbalance of imperialism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"26,1,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"26,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eAnticipating Independence:\u003c\/b\u003e The novel accurately predicted that the British presence in India was unsustainable. The \"Not yet\" of the final line suggests that true friendship could only exist once India was free.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"26,2,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"26,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eModernist Technique:\u003c\/b\u003e By placing a \"void\" (the cave) at the center of his plot, Forster moved away from traditional Victorian storytelling into the existential uncertainty of 20th-century modernism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage: English.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre: Historical Fiction.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding: সেলাই করা বাইন্ডিং\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eQuality: Premium Quality Books.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrinting: High Quality Printing.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaper: Eye Friendly paper (Cream White)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCover: Matt cover (Paperback).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Royal Books BD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47286618652857,"sku":null,"price":350.0,"currency_code":"BDT","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0780\/0874\/6169\/files\/A_Passage_to_India.jpg?v=1779733521","url":"https:\/\/royalbooksbd.com\/products\/a-passage-to-india","provider":"Royal Books BD","version":"1.0","type":"link"}