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Brave New World was written by Aldous Huxley in 1932. Even though the book is now considered a Utopian classic, critics found only a week plot and characterization when the work was first published. One reviewer even said, "Nothing can bring it alive."
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Aldous Huxley's Brave New World was published in 1932. This Utopian/dystopian future offers soma and other carnal pleasures, while manipulating the people into mind-numbing dependence. Read more about books related to Brave New World.
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Brave New World is a novel by Aldous Huxley. This famous (and controversial) work deals with issues of technological advancements, sexuality, and individuality--in a dehumanizing society. Here are a few quotes from the novel.
Brave New World Review
In a futuristic society based on pleasure without moral repercussions, Aldous Huxley places a few oddball characters to stir up the plot. With eugenics at its core, this novel hearkens back to Shakespeare's The Tempest, where Miranda says, "O brave new world, that hath such people in it." Read more about Brave New World.
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Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World" was published in 1932. This Utopian/dystopian future offers soma and other carnal pleasures, while manipulating the people into mind-numbing dependance. Read more about books related to "Brave New World."

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