Brave New World Revisited, 9780060898526
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Huxley’s chilling vision: How close are we to his Brave New World?

Brave New World Revisited

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  • Paperback

    144 pages

  • Release Date

    5 September 2006

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Summary

A Prophetic Vision: Brave New World Revisited

“Huxley uses his erudite knowledge of human relations to compare our actual world with his prophetic fantasy of 1931. It is a frightening experience, indeed, to discover how much of his satirical prediction of a distant future became reality in so short a time.” – *New York Times Book Review*

When Aldous Huxley wrote his famous novel Brave New World, he did so with the belief that the dystopian world he …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780060898526
ISBN-10:0060898526
Series:P.S. (Paperback), P.S.
Author:Aldous Huxley
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Imprint:HarperCollins Publishers
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:144
Release Date:5 September 2006
Weight:113g
Dimensions:201mm x 132mm x 13mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

“Huxley uses his erudite knowledge of human relations to compare our actual world with his prophetic fantasy of 1931. It is a frightening experience, indeed, to discover how much of his satirical prediction of a distant future became reality in so short a time.” - New York Times Book Review“A message which, enforced by Mr. Huxley’s seriousness and clear dialectic on dealing with social problems, we cannot ignore… . The last pages carry a somewhat tragic node about his misgivings whether man himself wishes to be saved.” - Time and Tide (London)“A thought jabbing, terrifying book.” - Chicago Tribune

About The Author

Aldous Huxley

Aldous Huxley (1894-1963) is the author of the classic novels Brave New World, Island, Eyeless in Gaza, and The Genius and the Goddess, as well as such critically acclaimed nonfiction works as The Perennial Philosophy and The Doors of Perception. Born in Surrey, England, and educated at Oxford, he died in Los Angeles, California.

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