{"product_id":"brave-new-world-harper-perennial-modern-classics-by-aldous-huxley","title":"Brave New World (Harper Perennial Modern Classics) by Aldous Huxley","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNow more than ever: Aldous Huxley's enduring masterwork must be read and understood by anyone concerned with preserving the human spirit\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A masterpiece. . . . One of the most prophetic dystopian works.\"\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e--Wall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAldous Huxley's profoundly important classic of world literature,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBrave New World\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis 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\" (\u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e), 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBrave New World,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003ehis 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,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBrave New World\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003elikewise speaks to a 21st-century world dominated by mass-entertainment, technology, medicine and pharmaceuticals, the arts of persuasion, and the hidden influence of elites.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"[A] masterpiece. ... One of the most prophetic dystopian works of the 20th century.\" --\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"As sparkling, as provocative, as brilliant...as the day it was published.\" --\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMartin Green\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"One of the 20th century's greatest writers.\" --\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Chilling. . . . That he gave us the dark side of genetic engineering in 1932 is amazing.\" --\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eProvidence Journal-Bulletin\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A genius . . . a writer who spent his life decrying the onward march of the Machine.\" --\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Aldous Huxley is the greatest 20th century writer in English.\" --\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"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.\" --\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A sometimes appallingly accurate view of today's world.\" --\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSt. Louis Post-Dispatch\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"It's time for everyone to read or reread Brave New World.\" --\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eRaleigh News \u0026amp; Observer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAldous Huxley\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1894-1963) is the author of the classic novels \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBrave New World\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eIsland\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eEyeless in Gaza\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Genius and the Goddess\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, as well as such critically acclaimed nonfiction works as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Perennial Philosophy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Doors of Perception\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Born in Surrey, England, and educated at Oxford, he died in Los Angeles, California.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHarper Perennial\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003ePub Date:\u003cspan\u003e October 17, 2006\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e0.7\" H x 7.9\" L x 5.2\" W\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e288 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Collins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44953311248570,"sku":"9780060850524","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0444\/2213\/5968\/files\/BNW.jpg?v=1751136031","url":"https:\/\/naturenurture.shop\/products\/brave-new-world-harper-perennial-modern-classics-by-aldous-huxley","provider":"nature+nurture","version":"1.0","type":"link"}