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Aldous Huxley's acclaimed and gripping account of one of the
strangest occurrences in history
In 1643 an entire convent in the small French village of Loudun
was apparently possessed by the devil. After a sensational and
celebrated trial, the convent's charismatic priest Urban
Grandier--accused of spiritually and sexually seducing the nuns in
his charge--was convicted of being in league with Satan. Then he
was burned at the stake for witchcraft.
In this classic work by the legendary Aldous Huxley--a
remarkable true story of religious and sexual obsession considered
by many to be his nonfiction masterpiece--a compelling historical
event is clarified and brought to vivid life.
Aldous Huxley's 1932 dystopian classic Brave New World predicts -
with eerie clarity - a terrifying vision of the future, which feels
ever closer to our own reality. 'The best science fiction book
ever, definitely the most prescient...' Yuval Noah Harari, author
of Sapiens and Homo Deus 'A masterpiece of speculation... As
vibrant, fresh, and somehow shocking as it was when I first read
it' Margaret Atwood 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... Huxley's ingenious
fantasy of the future sheds a blazing light on the present and is
considered to be his most enduring masterpiece. WITH INTRODUCTIONS
BY MARGARET ATWOOD AND DAVID BRADSHAW A grave warning... Provoking,
stimulating, shocking and dazzling' Observer
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Leda (Hardcover)
Aldous Huxley
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Discovery Miles 8 010
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Brave New World predicts - with eerie clarity - a terrifying vision
of the future. Read the dystopian classic. EVERYONE BELONGS TO
EVERYONE ELSE Welcome to New London. Everybody is happy here. Our
perfect society achieved peace and stability through the
prohibition of monogamy, privacy, money, family and history itself.
Now everyone belongs. You can be happy too. All you need to do is
take your Soma pills. Discover the brave new world of Aldous
Huxley's classic novel, written in 1932, which prophesied a society
which expects maximum pleasure and accepts complete surveillance -
no matter what the cost. 'A masterpiece of speculation... As
vibrant, fresh, and somehow shocking as it was when I first read
it' Margaret Atwood, bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale 'A
grave warning... Provoking, stimulating, shocking and dazzling'
Observer **One of the BBC's 100 Novels That Shaped Our World**
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Limbo (Hardcover)
Aldous Huxley
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R808
Discovery Miles 8 080
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Thirty years ago, ecstasy and torment took hold of John Rivers,
shocking him out of "half-baked imbecility into something more
nearly resembling the human form." He had an affair with the wife
of his mentor, Henry Maartens--a pathbreaking physicist, winner of
the Nobel Prize, and a figure of blinding brilliance--bringing the
couple to ruin. Now, on Christmas Eve while a small grandson sleeps
upstairs, John Rivers is moved to set the record straight about the
great man and the radiant, elemental creature he married, who
viewed the renowned genius through undazzled eyes.
When the novel "Brave New World" first appeared in 1932, its
shocking analysis of a scientific dictatorship seemed a projection
into the remote future. Here, in one of the most important and
fascinating books of his career, Aldous Huxley uses his tremendous
knowledge of human relations to compare the modern-day world with
his prophetic fantasy. He scrutinizes threats to humanity, such as
overpopulation, propaganda, and chemical persuasion, and explains
why we have found it virtually impossible to avoid them. "Brave New
World Revisited" is a trenchant plea that humankind should educate
itself for freedom before it is too late.
The "Crome" of this novel's title is an English Country House in
which most of the action occurs. Aldous Huxley's first novel,
"Crome Yellow," was published in 1921, and, as a comedy of manners
and ideas, its relatively realistic setting and format may come as
a surprise to fans of his later works such as "Point Counter Point"
and "Brave New World." Some who know only "Brave New World" may not
know that as a 16-year-old planning to enter medicine, Aldous
Huxley was stricken by a serious eye disease which left him
temporarily blind, and which derailed what certainly would have
been a prominent career as a physician or scientist. "Crome Yellow"
has often been called "witty," as well as "talky," and it certainly
owes as much to "Vanity Fair "as it may, surprisingly to some, owe
to "Tristram Shandy," although one might think that characters such
as Mr. Barbecue-Smith and his remarkable writing theories could
have some literary antecedents in Lawrence Sterne. Denis Smith, the
protagonist of "Crome Yellow," attempts to cross wits with the
denizens of Crome, particularly Mr. and Mrs. Winbush and the
remarkable Mr. Barbecue-Smith -- in pursuit of a star-crossed love,
and in the face of another girl who possibly loves him.
York Notes Advanced offer a fresh and accessible approach to
English Literature. This market-leading series has been completely
updated to meet the needs of today's A-level and undergraduate
students. Written by established literature experts, York Notes
Advanced intorduce students to more sophisticated analysis, a range
of critical perspectives and wider contexts.
Among the most profound and influential explorations of mind-expanding psychedelic drugs ever written, here are two complete classic books—The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell—in which Aldous Huxley, author of Brave New World, reveals the mind's remote frontiers and the unmapped areas of human consciousness.
This edition also features an additional essay, "Drugs That Shape Men's Minds," now included for the first time.
Written at the height of his powers immediately after "Brave New
World," Aldous Huxley's highly acclaimed "Eyeless in Gaza" is his
most personal novel. Huxley's bold, nontraditional narrative tells
the loosely autobiographical story of Anthony Beavis, a cynical
libertine Oxford graduate who comes of age in the vacuum left by
World War I. Unfulfilled by his life, loves, and adventures,
Anthony is persuaded by a charismatic friend to become a Marxist
and take up arms with Mexican revolutionaries. But when their
disastrous embrace of violence nearly kills them, Anthony is left
shattered--and is forced to find an alternative to the moral
disillusionment of the modern world.
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