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Author | : E. M. Forster |
Publisher | : Rosetta Books |
Total Pages | : 134 |
Release | : 2015-09-02 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 079534659X |
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An essential companion to A Passage to India, a collection of the author’s own letters that read like “a close personal friend has shared his impressions” (Kirkus Reviews). In 1912, a young E. M. Forster traveled to India to serve as a secretary to the Maharajah of Dewas, a small Indian state. He was elevated to the rank of a minor noble, and eventually given the state’s highest honor, the Tukoji Rao III gold medal. This brief episode in Forster’s life became the basis for his masterwork, A Passage to India. In the letters included in The Hill of Devi, he shares his personal journey of discovering his beloved India for the first time. Forster paints a vivid, intimate picture of Dewas State—a strange, bewildering, and enchanting slice of pre-independence India. In this collection, Forster shares insight into the lives of Indian royalty and accounts of the stark contrast between their excesses and the poverty he encounters. From letters that set the scene for Forster’s lifelong friendship with the Maharaja, to an essay on the Maharaja himself and Forster’s experiences as the Maharaja’s personal secretary, The Hill of Devi is a fascinating chronicle of the author’s experience in the land he called “the oddest corner of the world outside Alice in Wonderland.”
Author | : Edward Morgan Forster |
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Total Pages | : 419 |
Release | : 1992 |
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Author | : E.M. Forster |
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Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 1967 |
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Author | : Kathleen Collins Beyer |
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Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 1982 |
Genre | : Change |
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Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 1994 |
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ISBN | : 9784938429829 |
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Author | : Edward Morgan Forstar |
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Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 1967 |
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Author | : Edward Morgan Forster |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Dewas Senior (Princely State) |
ISBN | : 9784938429829 |
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Author | : E. M. Forster |
Publisher | : Eland Publishing |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 2022-05-25 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781780601601 |
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The novelist E. M. Forster opens the door on life in a remote Maharajah's court in the early twentieth century, a "record of a vanished civilization." Through letters from his time visiting and working there, he introduces us to a 14th century political system in "the oddest corner of the world outside Alice in Wonderland" where the young Maharajah of Devas, "certainly a genius and possibly a saint," led a state centered on spiritual aspirations. The Hill of Devi chronicles Forster's infatuation and exasperation, fascination, and amusement at this idiosyncratic court, leading us with him to its heart and the eight-day festival of Gokul Ashtami, marking the birth of Krishna, where we see His Highness Maharajah Sir Tukoji Rao III dancing before the altar "like David before the Ark."
Author | : John Burdon Sanderson Haldane |
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Release | : 1953 |
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Author | : Edward Morgan Forster |
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Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 1953 |
Genre | : Dewas Senior (Princely State) |
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