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Chapter 1
The novel opens with a description of Chandrapore, a dull Indian city beside the Ganges, and the Marabar Caves twenty miles off.
Chapter 2
Dr. Aziz, a young Muslim physician, is summoned to dinner by his friend Hamidullah's circle and then hurries off to see the Civil Surgeon, Major Callendar.
Chapter 3
Aziz meets a group of Indian and British officials' circles in the form of a conversation at Mahmoud Ali's house, where the Anglo-Indian attitude is mocked and the Indian guests d…
Chapter 4
Mrs. Moore, an elderly Englishwoman, and Adela Quested arrive in Chandrapore to visit Ronny Heaslop, the City Magistrate.
Chapter 5
Mrs. Turton, the collector's wife, plans a bridge party to introduce the English ladies to Indians.
Chapter 6
Mrs. Moore and Adela go to Mrs.
Chapter 7
Mrs. Moore and Adela meet Fielding's circle, and Fielding invites them and Aziz to tea.
Chapter 8
Adela and Mrs. Moore meet Mr.
Chapter 9
Aziz, Hamidullah and Mahmoud Ali discuss English hypocrisy and whether friendship with the English is possible. Aziz is sent a note about a social gathering and prepares to attend…
Chapter 10
Aziz is called to Major Callendar's bungalow again, and when he arrives the Major has left without waiting. Callendar's wife and her friend take Aziz's carriage without asking.
Chapter 11
Fielding and Aziz meet properly at Fielding's house, and the first real friendship between an Englishman and an Indian in the book begins.
Chapter 12
Aziz is anxious about hosting the expedition and works hard to arrange it. He worries about how he looks to the English after Godbole's cryptic answers and his own sense of inadeq…
Chapter 13
The party travels to the Marabar Hills and Aziz's hospitality gets underway. Godbole and Fielding miss the train, so Aziz is left as the only host with the two women.
Chapter 14
The chapter follows Mrs. Moore after the cave and the party's continuing climb.
Chapter 15
Adela and Aziz climb among the caves, and Adela's thoughts drift to her coming marriage and her doubts about whether she loves Ronny.
Chapter 16
Aziz recovers from his fever and receives visitors, including Fielding, Hamidullah and others. Fielding arrives and Aziz, embarrassed by his shabby bungalow, shows him a photograp…
Chapter 17
The Marabar expedition is revisited through the gap between plans and reality. Aziz arranges the trip, fussing over details to be a good host.
Chapter 18
The party enters the Marabar Caves. Mrs.
Chapter 19
Adela, Aziz and a guide climb on to the higher caves. Adela, distracted, realizes she does not love Ronny and asks Aziz an awkward question about his marriage.
Chapter 20
Aziz returns to the train and finds Fielding on the platform. He is arrested at Chandrapore station by the police superintendent Mr.
Chapter 21
Fielding, Aziz and Godbole's tea at Fielding's college goes on without Mrs. Moore's friendly nonsense, but Aziz's looseness shows in his collar-stud mishap and his easy chatter.
Chapter 22
The outing to the Marabar Caves begins. Aziz plans lavishly, worries over the details and then learns that Fielding and Godbole missed the train.
Chapter 23
In the first cave, Mrs. Moore is crushed by the crowd and shaken by an echo that makes every sound the same.
Chapter 24
Adela and Aziz climb among the caves. Adela realizes she does not love Ronny and asks Aziz clumsy questions about his marriage.
Chapter 25
Aziz returns to the train and finds Fielding and the group there. His welcome turns to arrest when the police meet the train at Chandrapore and charge him with assaulting Adela.
Chapter 26
Fielding, now convinced Aziz is innocent, pushes Adela to withdraw her charge. The Anglo-Indian community closes ranks against him, and he sees how much of the British position de…
Chapter 27
The trial begins in a tense, crowded courtroom. The prosecution stumbles, Indian onlookers grow bolder, and Adela, questioned about the cave, hesitates and then withdraws her accu…
Chapter 28
In the uproar after the verdict, Aziz is freed and the Indians celebrate. The English, stunned and angry, withdraw, and Adela is left alone and abandoned.
Chapter 29
After the trial Aziz is angry and wants revenge and compensation from Adela. Fielding urges mercy, arguing that Adela's honest act should count for something.
Chapter 30
Godbole's story shifts to Mau, where a Hindu festival celebrating Krishna's birth begins. The scene is loud and joyful, and it blurs distinctions and rules.
Chapter 31
The trial's aftermath opens the way for the Hindu festival at Mau, where the novel shifts from courtroom politics to a different mood.
Chapter 32
The festival continues, and Godbole, in a trance, thinks of Mrs. Moore and includes her in his vision of love.
Chapter 33
Aziz, now a doctor in Mau, is bitter toward the English and has been avoiding them, and he has been told wrongly that Fielding married Adela.
Chapter 34
The festival reaches its height, and Fielding arrives in Mau with his wife and her brother Ralph. Aziz and Fielding meet by accident and the truth about the marriage comes out: Fi…
Chapter 35
Aziz and Fielding take a last ride together, and the two friends talk openly about the past and their politics. Aziz says the English will be driven out of India someday.
Chapter 36
Chapter 36 is the last chapter of the novel and brings the story to a deliberate non-resolution. Some two years after the trial, Aziz is a doctor in the Hindu state of Mau, far fr…
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