Brave New World

· Harper Collins
4.4
609 reviews
Ebook
288
Pages

About this ebook

Now more than ever: Aldous Huxley's enduring masterwork must be read and understood by anyone concerned with preserving the human spirit

"A masterpiece. . . . One of the most prophetic dystopian works." —Wall Street Journal 

Aldous Huxley's profoundly important classic of world literature, Brave New World is a searching vision of an unequal, technologically-advanced future where humans are genetically bred, socially indoctrinated, and pharmaceutically anesthetized to passively uphold an authoritarian ruling order—all at the cost of our freedom, full humanity, and perhaps also our souls. “A genius [who] who spent his life decrying the onward march of the Machine” (The New Yorker), Huxley was a man of incomparable talents: equally an artist, a spiritual seeker, and one of history’s keenest observers of human nature and civilization. 

Brave New World, his masterpiece, has enthralled and terrified millions of readers, and retains its urgent relevance to this day as both a warning to be heeded as we head into tomorrow and as a thought-provoking, satisfying work of literature. Written in the shadow of the rise of fascism during the 1930s, Brave New World likewise speaks to a 21st-century world dominated by mass-entertainment, technology, medicine and pharmaceuticals, the arts of persuasion, and the hidden influence of elites. 


Ratings and reviews

4.4
609 reviews
Adam Nott
August 18, 2015
When reading Brave New World, one can easily identify in today's society elements that were only dreamed in a dystopic nightmare less than a century ago. The book is filled with wit, humor, and a healthy dose of philosophical debate. A must-read.
19 people found this review helpful
Sarah & Darin
May 28, 2016
Really quite slow to start, but a fantastic perspective on the dangers of classical conditioning. It also gets real dark, real quick; now, I enjoy the dark and slightly macabre, but if you're looking for "Pollyanna", this may not be your cup of tea.
10 people found this review helpful
FingerInA Lightsocket
August 22, 2020
I have a nice print edition of this. It may be the most disturbing vision of the future I've read, and that includes 1984 and Farenheit 451. They're all terrifying possibilities but Brave scares me the most for some reason
5 people found this review helpful

About the author

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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