--- product_id: 2210751 title: "A Passage to India" brand: "peggy ashcroftjudy davisdavid lean" price: "€ 19.87" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 12 url: https://www.desertcart.pt/products/2210751-a-passage-to-india store_origin: PT region: Portugal --- # A Passage to India **Brand:** peggy ashcroftjudy davisdavid lean **Price:** € 19.87 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** A Passage to India by peggy ashcroftjudy davisdavid lean - **How much does it cost?** € 19.87 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.pt](https://www.desertcart.pt/products/2210751-a-passage-to-india) ## Best For - peggy ashcroftjudy davisdavid lean enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted peggy ashcroftjudy davisdavid lean brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description A Passage to India ## Images ![A Passage to India - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51RHQ8D2FXL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars Loyalty to one’s affinity group becomes paramount… *by J***I on Reviewed in the United States on April 12, 2023* … with those who waffle viewed as traitors.E. M Forester’s classic novel has been a part of my life. I first read it in early 1969, when I was an agent of another empire, playing the same game, of trying to keep those ever-so-uppity natives in their place. Admittedly, I did a bit of waffling. I re-read the novel in 2018, appreciating it all the better, due to my subsequent experiences in the Muslim world. In my review on Amazon, I provided the novel with my special “6-star” rating.And then there is David Lean, the epic master, first and foremost of “Dr. Zhivago,” with so many memorable quotes that have resonated through the decades, like, “your country, officer…” And “Bridge Over the River Kwai,” what a wonderful metaphor for so much of modern life, and the raised hand, falling, denoting the time to race down the sand dunes and attack the Turkish train headed for Medina, in “Lawrence of Arabia.” Lean is a master, and therefore there should be no surprise that he beautifully reproduced a British cantonment in India, between the World Wars, with its essential club, where the “unwashed” are not admitted, that is, the 400 million people of India at the time.How does he do it? Alex Guinness, that is, who left us at the age of 86, in the year 2000. He played the wise and cynical half-brother of Yuri Zhivago, Yevgraf, of, “happy men don’t enlist.” In “Passage,” rather amazingly, he played Godbole, a Brahmin, with numerous penetrating insights into the Indian caste system as well as the Indian-British relationship.Adela Questad is going out to India with dear ol’ mom, Mrs. Moore, possibly to marry Ronny, an upstanding sahib in the British establishment. Adela wants to see “the real India.” She and mom are seated for dinner, across from the British commissioner for Chandrapore, who is wearing his tux, along with his wife, on the train. As for Adela’s bubbling enthusiasm for seeing the real folks, the commissioner gently rebukes her with: “we don’t come across them socially”… “east is east,” you understand.Judy David plays Adela Questad. James Fox plays the schoolteacher with all those dangerous waffling ideas about the “club” and Britain’s own caste system, which tosses the Brahmins like Godbole down the heap quite a bit. Victor Banerjee is excellent as Aziz, a medical doctor who bubbles with enthusiasm at the prospect of just receiving the slightest nod of acceptance within the British establishment. He arranges for a very ill-starred outing to the Malabar Caves near Chandrapore. The caves’ principal feature is that they are dark inside. “The real India.”Ah, the changing fashions in psychiatric diagnoses. Consider PTSD, for example. An appropriate description for the mental state of a soldier who saw two of his friends burned alive by a white phosphorus shell. Now it has morphed into an official medical diagnosis to describe the mental condition of a woman who gets a lot of grief for building a 20,000 square foot home on Nantucket Island, per a recent documentary.There was a time when the standard diagnosis for a lot of women was a “hysteric.” Today, Google has difficulty finding it, with a preference for a myriad of more specific sub-categories.Heat, darkness, dollops of repressed “hysteria,” and Adela imagines that Aziz has raped her when it was just the two of them inside a cave. Yes, Aziz, no good deed goes unpunished. He is brought to trial. The Club naturally has to “circle the wagons,” loyalty, et al., with the exception of the schoolteacher. The “natives” demonstrate they can be restless.The one person’s true opinion of this novel, and now movie, that I’d love to have is my daughter-in-law’s, who is a psychiatrist, specializing in female mental conditions, obviously a century after the time of this novel. My “gut” says it would ruin a good dinner’s conversation and I do not need the grief, seemingly content in my antiquitarian world view.And thus, for David Lean’s superlative adaptation of a STILL excellent novel, 6-stars. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars Great! Great! Great! *by S***R on Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2024* Great movie. A classic. You'll love it.Just go for it. You won't be sorry.Hope this helped find you something good to watch tonight! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars Dated But Still Compelling *by J***Y on Reviewed in the United States on August 24, 2023* This film was recommended by an onboard lecturer during a recent cruise on which we visited several port cities in India. Though the portrayal of Indians as simplistic characters is probably a bit insulting to them, I thought the portrayal of the attitudes of the English to the natives during the long British occupation was quite accurate. There were some beautiful, vibrant street scenes of Indian life, and a thoughtful coverage of the struggles of the Indians to overcome British oppression. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.pt/products/2210751-a-passage-to-india](https://www.desertcart.pt/products/2210751-a-passage-to-india) --- *Product available on Desertcart Portugal* *Store origin: PT* *Last updated: 2026-05-07*