![]() Despite some criticism that Forster had depicted the British unfairly, the book was popular with readers in both Britain and the United States. When A Passage to India appeared in 1924, it was praised by reviewers in a number of important British and American literary journals. 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. Fielding, a British teacher, helps to defend Aziz. Aziz is accused of attempting to rape a young Englishwoman. ![]() ![]() Aziz, a young Indian physician whose attempt to establish friendships with several British characters has disastrous consequences. On a more symbolic level, the novel also addresses questions of faith (both religious faith and faith in social conventions). It is also about the necessity of friendship, and about the difficulty of establishing friendship across cultural boundaries. On the surface, it is about India-which at the time was a colonial possession of Britain-and about the relations between British and Indian people in that country. Subtle and rich in symbolism, the novel works on several levels. ![]() ![]() Forster's first novel in fourteen years, and the last novel he wrote. A Passage to India, published in 1924, was E. ![]()
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