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Brave New World

by Aldous Huxley

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A fantasy of the future that sheds a blazing critical light on the present — considered to be Aldous Huxley's most enduring masterpiece.

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"Mr. Huxley is eloquent in his declaration of an artist's faith in man, and it is his eloquence, bitter in attack, noble in defense, that, when one has closed the book, one remembers." Saturday Review of Literature

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"A Fantastic racy narrative, full of much excellent satire and literary horseplay." Forum

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A fantasy of the future that sheds a blazing critical light on the present--considered to be Aldous Huxley's most enduring masterpiece.

"Mr. Huxley is eloquent in his declaration of an artist's faith in man, and it is his eloquence, bitter in attack, noble in defense, that, when one has closed the book, one remembers."

--Saturday Review of Literature

"A Fantastic racy narrative, full of much excellent satire and literary horseplay."

--Forum

"It is as sparkling, provocative, as brilliant, in the appropriate sense, as impressive ads the day it was published. This is in part because its prophetic voice has remained surprisingly contemporary, both in its particular forecasts and in its general tone of semiserious alarm. But it is much more because the book succeeds as a work of art...This is surely Huxley's best book."

--Martin Green

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About the Author

Aldous Huxley (1894-1963) was born in Surrey, England, and is the author of many critically acclaimed books of fiction and nonfiction, including Crome Yellow, The Doors of Perceptionand Island.
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Amazingly prophetic! I read this book when I was in college (I’m 34 now) it still gives me new insights into the human condition. I think I’ll be rereading this book until I’m old and gray.
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Unique, creative world. An in-depth look on the political theory of "Fordism" and a unique outlook on bio-engineering.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780060929879
Author:
Huxley, Aldous
Publisher:
Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Location:
New York
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Science
Subject:
Classics
Subject:
Science Fiction - General
Subject:
Culture
Subject:
Propaganda
Subject:
Control
Subject:
Science and state
Subject:
Utopias
Subject:
Brainwashing
Subject:
International economic relations -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Subject:
British and irish fiction
Edition Description:
1st Perennial Classics ed.
Series:
Perennial Classics
Publication Date:
19980901
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
288
Dimensions:
8.02x5.38x.72 in. .56 lbs.
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