Eland Classics: The Hill of Devi

An Englishman serving at the Court of a Maharaja

Eland Classics: The Hill of Devi
E M Forster
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Paperback
h216 x 140mm - 160pg
25 Mar 2022 UK
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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. "

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Edward Morgan Forster (1879 - 1970) was an English fiction writer, essayist, and librettist. Many of his novels examine class difference and hypocrisy, including A Room with a View (1908), Howards End (1910), and A Passage to India (1924). The last brought him his greatest success. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 16 separate years.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781780601601
Published: 25 Mar 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Eland Publishing
Publisher: Eland Publishing
Format: Paperback
Height: 216mm
Width: 140mm
Pages: 160

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