Aldous Huxley Brave New World Cover

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Aldous huxley brave new world cover. But i dont want comfort. The mighty novel of a soulless streamlined eden and the two who escape it. Huxley s dystopian novel describes a future society in which technological and medical innovations are used by the state to exercise control over its citizens. Carefully selected from an 1895 edition of lloyds encyclopedia dictionary.

15 provocative quotes from brave new world by aldous huxley happiness is never grand i can t understand a word you say. From the back cover. Leslie holland designed this cover for the first edition. 3rd big bantam printing.

I would ve recommended 1984 and the giver though it looks like you already read those. Brave new world by aldous huxley. Here are 15 quotes from aldous huxley s brave new world that cover happiness loneliness civilization shakespeare and more. Very good paperback copy of brave new world by aldous huxley.

Aldous huxley s tour de force brave new world is a darkly satiric vision of a utopian future where humans are genetically bred and pharmaceutically anesthetized to passively serve a ruling order. Brave new world is a dystopian novel by english author aldous huxley written in 1931 and published in 1932 largely set in a futuristic world state whose citizens are environmentally engineered into an intelligence based social hierarchy the novel anticipates huge scientific advancements in reproductive technology sleep learning psychological manipulation and classical conditioning that. Aldous huxley has depicted a dystopian world in this book where children are no longer born naturally and are rather genetically engineered and grown in decanters. Every child born has a predestined caste depending upon the conditioning of its decanted embryo.

Leslie holland designed this cover for the first edition. Now reissued in a gorgeous hardcover edition. Book cover art print etsy. I want god i want poetry i want real danger i want freedom i want goodness.

My copy of the book recommends island which it describes as a utopian version of brave new world and the doors of perception which covers huxley s experiences with mescaline. One of the most prophetic dystopian works of the 20th century wall street journal must be read and understood by anyone concerned with preserving the human spirit in the face of our brave new world aldous huxley s profoundly important classic of world literature brave new world is a searching vision of an unequal technologically advanced. The astonishing novel brave new world originally published in 1932 presents aldous huxley s legendary vision of a world of tomorrow utterly transformed in huxley s darkly satiric yet chillingly prescient imagining of a utopian future humans are genetically designed and pharmaceutically anesthetized to passively serve a ruling order. Slight edge wear and corner bumping.