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The Hill of Devi
The Hill of Devi
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The Hill of Devi
The Hill of Devi
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E.M. Forster likely could not have penned his great masterpiece, A PASSAGE TO INDIA, unless he had worked for a year as the private secretary to an Indian Maharajah. He saw firsthand the puzzling rituals, botched attempts at modernization, and baffling cultural paradoxes that define the Indian story.In THE HILL OF DEVI, he presents the Maharajah as a genius, a wit and even a bit of a saint, but also as a ruler harassed by the colonial bureaucracy and fearful for his life. The Maharajah's downfa…
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  • Autorius: E. M. Forster
  • Leidėjas
  • Metai: 2015
  • Puslapiai: 138
  • ISBN: 9780795346590
  • ISBN-10 : 079534659X
  • ISBN-13 : 9780795346590
  • Formatas: ePub
  • Kalba: Anglų

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E.M. Forster likely could not have penned his great masterpiece, A PASSAGE TO INDIA, unless he had worked for a year as the private secretary to an Indian Maharajah. He saw firsthand the puzzling rituals, botched attempts at modernization, and baffling cultural paradoxes that define the Indian story.

In THE HILL OF DEVI, he presents the Maharajah as a genius, a wit and even a bit of a saint, but also as a ruler harassed by the colonial bureaucracy and fearful for his life. The Maharajah's downfall deepened Forster's insights into the dilemma that wracked Indian culture.

"Forster has written nothing more sparkling...imbued with delicious humor." (Times Literary Supplement)

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E.M. Forster likely could not have penned his great masterpiece, A PASSAGE TO INDIA, unless he had worked for a year as the private secretary to an Indian Maharajah. He saw firsthand the puzzling rituals, botched attempts at modernization, and baffling cultural paradoxes that define the Indian story.

In THE HILL OF DEVI, he presents the Maharajah as a genius, a wit and even a bit of a saint, but also as a ruler harassed by the colonial bureaucracy and fearful for his life. The Maharajah's downfall deepened Forster's insights into the dilemma that wracked Indian culture.

"Forster has written nothing more sparkling...imbued with delicious humor." (Times Literary Supplement)

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