![]() ![]() ![]() The plot itself is pretty basic-an idealistic young woman from England goes to India to see if she is going to marry a local Anglo-Indian magistrate there. When one is used to reading great plays, reading a play like this one of such mediocre content is more than a bit disappointing. ![]() This play is a two-act drama of about 100 pages in length, and it is mercifully short, because the plot is wafer thin. As much as I am intrigued by India, subject matter alone does not make for a classic work. This book is a clear example of what happens with politics trumps the essential elements of a story, and where a book becomes famous and viewed as a classic without really deserving the honor on its own merits. I chose to read the book because I guessed it had something to say about imperialism, and though the story does not appear to be all that compelling when viewed on its own apart from the somewhat heavily freighted, it is easy to see how the story has become a classic because of the influence of anti-imperialism in contemporary studies. I am going to assume that the plot is basically the same, but this is a play, and it is a book that I managed to find in the stacks of my local library but that was not in the book's database. It should be noted that what I read and am reviewing here is a play that is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by E.M. ![]()
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