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  • A Passage to India

  • By: E. M. Forster
  • Narrated by: Vikas Adam
  • Length: 11 hrs and 48 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (98 ratings)

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A Passage to India

By: E. M. Forster
Narrated by: Vikas Adam
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Publisher's summary

The lives of Miss Adela Quested and those around her are forever changed when she befriends a young doctor named Aziz during a trip she and her companion Mrs. Moore make to India. The unlikely friendship between Adela and Aziz eventually culminates in a disastrous expedition to the Marabar caves, during which she offends him, an action which leads to false accusations, arrests, and a litany of miscommunications. Set against the backdrop of the British Raj and the Indian independence movement in the 1920s, this classic novel explores the difficulties that arise from class differences and cultural misunderstandings as well as the impact our actions have on others.

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Just okay.

This book was Just okay. I didn’t hate. It. I just wouldn’t recommend it to anyone else.

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see it through, worthy redemptions

characters flower in their season, enjoy the difficulties in the growth of relationships and their imperfect, human resolutions

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Narration was cartoonish.

Sometimes a good character actor works for narration but I found this narrator unbearable.
It killed it for me. I did not finish the book.

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Epic story

Wonderful story of love loss and friendship that spans the gap of class, race and country. Worth the read!

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The Impact of British Colonialism

Forster artfully uses symbols and motifs to illustrate the contrast and clash between cultures and the moments in which unity may be achieved. He illustrates the arrogance of a colonizer and the fighting spirit of those colonized.

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Who knows

This is one of those books where you have no clue how to rate it or what to judge it on

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Confusing at Times

Although I love this story, there is much one needs to know about the Hindu/Muslim culture prior to being able to understand the nuances imbedded within this great story. I have a BA in History and should be able to navigate this book, but I found that there was much that was opaque to me, this diminishing my understanding. This particular issue of PTI was well performed and the sound was pure; so if you want to read this great book, choose this edition. The most popular on Audible has sound issues.

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Great Performance!

The story was kind of weak, imho. But the performance was outstanding! The male narrator's female voices were so believable I honestly thought there was also a female narrator for the female characters.

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Excellence

This great novel about the injustices and stresses in Indian society at the time of British rule is so beautifully written, and insightful, providing critiques of western racism that remain as valuable today as when this classic was written. The narrator did not bother me although I do not think he added all that much.

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A DIFFICULT LISTEN

This one is a tangle of disconnected vignettes with no intelligible plot line. The stage is the late years of imperial India and touches upon many of the sensitive issues between the colonists and the native Indians. Lots of local color and lore but no real story to follow.. Can't recommend.

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