by E. M. Forster · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140095067
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«The Hill of Devi» is a travel book by E. M. Forster, published by Penguin in paperback (174 pages, in English).
E. M. Forster recalls his time as secretary to a young maharajah in the state of Dewas Senior. Drawing on letters and notes, he paints a portrait of the ruler and his court, with its ceremonies and social life, and reveals the contradictions of colonial India and the friendship that bound the author to his host.
Published by Penguin in 1983 in the Penguin Travel Library series; the work originally appeared in 1953.
For readers interested in colonial India, travel literature, and the work of E. M. Forster.
Edward Morgan Forster was an English author. He is best known for his novels, particularly A Room with a View (1908), Howards End (1910) and A Passage to India (1924). He also wrote numerous short stories, essays, speeches and broadcasts, as well as biographies and pageant plays. His short story "The Machine Stops" (1909) is often viewed as the beginning of technological dystopian fiction. He also co-authored the libretto to Benjamin Britten's opera Billy Budd (1951). Many of his novels examine class differences and hypocrisy. His views as a humanist are at the heart of his work.
