A Passage to India (2008) | Episode 2
Based on A Passage to India by E.M. Forster
As Adela Quested yearns for the real India, she and Mrs Moore attend a bridge party to meet the locals. Read by Samuel West.
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- Type: Book Reading
- Channel: BBC Radio 4
- Duration: 13'48''
- Broadcast date: 2008
UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
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