A passage to India (Record no. 67509)
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| fixed length control field | 01885nam a22002297a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 0140274235 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 823.912 |
| Item number | FOR/P |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Forster, E.M. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | A passage to India |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | London |
| Name of publisher | Penguin Books |
| Year of publication | 1979 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 288p. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | A Passage To India (Penguin Classics) is a book about prejudice between British people and Indians in 1920s. The story is set in pre-Independence India, when it was ruled by the British, and it questions whether a friendship between a British person and an Indian would have been possible in those prejudiced times.<br/><br/>The book begins with two Englishwomen, the old Mrs Moore and Miss Adela Quested deciding to tour India. Mrs Moor befriends a charismatic Indian doctor named Aziz. A few days later, Aziz offers to take the ladies on a trip to the Marabar Caves. Mrs Moore feels claustrophobic once they are there so she decides to stay behind, and Aziz and Adela continue exploring the caves. In the darkness of the caves, Adela goes missing and Aziz finds her broken spectacles. He searches for her worriedly, only to find her talking to another Englishwoman outside. The two of them leave before he can go up to them, so he returns to the railway station with Mrs Moore.<br/><br/>However, Aziz is soon taken into custody for sexually assaulting Adela in the caves. The case causes the racial tension and prejudices between the Indian and the white community to bubble up and boil over. The British people are convinces of Aziz’s guilt because their prejudice directs them to believe that all Indian men cannot contain their lust for British women. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | India |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Race relations |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | British |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Social conditions |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | English fiction |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Political fiction |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | British--Social life and customs |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Culture conflict |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | BK |
| 952 ## - LOCATION AND ITEM INFORMATION (KOHA) | |
| Withdrawn status | |
| Lost status | |
| Damaged status | Collection code | Home library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Stack | Kannur University Central Library | Stack | 25/09/2023 | 354.70 | 823.912 FOR/P | 40321 | BK |