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Brave New World
Aldous Huxley
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Description for Brave New World
Hardcover. Bernard Marx seems alone harbouring an ill-defined longing to break free. A visit to one of the few remaining Savage Reservations where the old, imperfect life still continues, may be the cure for his distress.. Series: Everyman's Library Classics. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 126 x 21. Weight in Grams: 412.
Far in the future, the World Controllers have created the ideal society. Through clever use of genetic engineering, brainwashing and recreational sex and drugs all its members are happy consumers. Bernard Marx seems alone harbouring an ill-defined longing to break free. A visit to one of the few remaining Savage Reservations where the old, imperfect life still continues, may be the cure for his distress...
Far in the future, the World Controllers have created the ideal society. Through clever use of genetic engineering, brainwashing and recreational sex and drugs all its members are happy consumers. Bernard Marx seems alone harbouring an ill-defined longing to break free. A visit to one of the few remaining Savage Reservations where the old, imperfect life still continues, may be the cure for his distress...
Product Details
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Series
Everyman's Library Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781841593593
SKU
9781841593593
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About Aldous Huxley
Aldous Huxley was born on 26 July 1894 near Godalming, Surrey. He began writing poetry and short stories in his early 20s, but it was his first novel, Crome Yellow (1921), which established his literary reputation. This was swiftly followed by Antic Hay (1923), Those Barren Leaves (1925) and Point Counter Point (1928) – bright, brilliant satires in which Huxley ... Read more
Reviews for Brave New World
A brilliant tour de force, Brave New World may be read as a grave warning of the pitfalls that await uncontrolled scientific advance. Full of barbed wit and malice-spiked frankness. Provoking, stimulating, shocking and dazzling
Observer
One of the most important books to have been published since the war
Daily Telegraph
Observer
One of the most important books to have been published since the war
Daily Telegraph