Brave New World by Aldous Huxley - Complete & Unabridged Complete & Unabridged Brave New World Audio Book read by Peter Firth Running time: approx. 7 hours Author: Aldous Huxley 18 Chapters Size: 129 MB Format: MP3
Brave New World is Aldous Huxley's most influential novel. It presents a dystopian depiction of the state of the world in the distant future. Many credit the bold scope of his vision with popularizing interest in scientific study. In an age of genetic engineering and virtual reality, Harold Bloom suggests in his introduction that the work is at once threadbare and more relevant than ever. This new edition of critical excerpts also includes an annotated bibliography of Huxley's works and an index for easy reference.
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After Many a Summer
After Many a Summer (1939) is a novel by Aldous Huxley that tells the story of a Hollywood millionaire who fears his impending death; it was published in the USA as After Many a Summer Dies the Swan. This satire raises philosophical and social issues, some of which would later take the forefront in Huxley's final novel Island. The title is taken from Tennyson's poem Tithonus, about a figure in Greek mythology to whom Aurora, the goddess of dawn, gave eternal life but not eternal youth. The book was awarded the 1939 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction.
Aldous Huxley and the Search for Meaning: A Study of the Eleven Novels
Aldous Huxley, author of eleven novels, remains one of the towering figures of the twentieth century, his work resistant to passing fads in literature. This critical biography explores Huxley's life-long quest for self-actualization by interfacing the events of his life with details of the creative period that produced each book.
Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, part of Chelsea House Publishers' Bloom's Guides collection, presents concise critical excerpts from Brave New World to provide a scholarly overview of the work. This comprehensive study guide also features "The Story Behind the Story" which details the conditions under which Brave New World was written. This title also includes a short biography on Aldous Huxley and a descriptive list of characters.
