The Hill of Devi by E.M. Forster [FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION] 1953 • Harcourt

The Hill of Devi by E.M. Forster FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION / 2ND PRINTING [1953] HARCOURT BRACE JOVANOVICH 35Seemingly unread copy with some mild wear / discoloration to cover from age.  Inside, pages are bright, white and read like new.  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 encounter