Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)
Autor(a) de Brave New World
About the Author
Aldous Huxley was born on July 26, 1894, in Surrey, England, into a distinguished scientific and literary family; his grandfather was the noted scientist and writer, T.H. Huxley. Following an eye illness at age 16 that resulted in near-blindness, Huxley abandoned hope of a career in medicine and mostrar mais turned instead to literature, attending Oxford University and graduating with honors. While at Oxford, he published two volumes of poetry. Crome Yellow, his first novel, was published in 1927 followed by Antic Hay, Those Barren Leaves, and Point Counter Point. His most famous novel, Brave New World, published in 1932, is a science fiction classic about a futuristic society controlled by technology. In all, Huxley produced 47 works during his long career, In 1947, Huxley moved with his family to southern California. During the 1950s, he experimented with mescaline and LSD. Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell, both works of nonfiction, were based on his experiences while taking mescaline under supervision. In 1959, Aldous Huxley received the Award of Merit for the Novel from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He died on November 22, 1963. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Séries
Obras por Aldous Huxley
Ends and Means: An Inquiry into the Nature of Ideals and into the Methods Employed for Their Realization (1937) 186 exemplares
Fahrenheit 451,Brave New World and 1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four 3 Books Bundle Collection (2016) 58 exemplares
Crome Yellow | The Gioconda Smile | Ape and Essence | The Genius and the Goddess (1983) 35 exemplares
Psychedelic Prophets: The Letters of Aldous Huxley and Humphry Osmond (McGill-Queen’s/Associated Medical Services… (2018) 12 exemplares
Essays 7 exemplares
The Cicadas and Other Poems 7 exemplares
OBRAS COMPLETAS. II. LIMBO. LA ENVOLTURA HUMANA. AL MARGEN. MI TIO SPENCER. DOS O TRES GRACIAS. MUSICA EN LA NOCHE.… (1952) 7 exemplares
Königs Erläuterungen und Materialien: Interpretation zu Huxley. Schöne neue Welt (Brave New World) (2001) 5 exemplares
Obras completas 4 exemplares
Das Lächeln der Gioconda. Jung-Archimedes. Zwei Novellen. Übersetzt v. Herberth E. Herlitschka. (1931) 4 exemplares
Och sen levde de lyckliga ... 4 exemplares
Schöne neue Welt (mit "Dreißig Jahre danach") / Die Glockenbäume. Unterwegs in die Welt von morgen.… (1988) 4 exemplares
Aldous Huxley 3 exemplares
Un mundo feliz. Las puertas de la percepción. Cielo e infierno (Spanish Edition) (2010) — Autor — 3 exemplares
Point Counter Point : vol 2 3 exemplares
Den mexikanska hatten 3 exemplares
A Teacher's Guide to Brave New World: Common-Core Aligned Teacher Materials and a Sample Chapter (2014) 3 exemplares
Aldous Huxley - Complete Essays (6 Volume Set - Complete) Vol. 1: 1920-1925; Vol. 2: 1926-1929; Vol. 3: 1930-1935; Vol.… (2000) 2 exemplares
100 Books You Must Read Before You Die [volume 1] 2 exemplares
ME E MIRA E BOTEVE 2 exemplares
Brave New World & Brave New World Remastered 2 exemplares
Brave New World 2 exemplares
Obras completas. I 2 exemplares
℗Il ℗Piccolo Archimede e altri racconti 2 exemplares
Holy Face, and other essays 2 exemplares
Fard 2 exemplares
Novelas . I 1 exemplar
A Day in Windsor 1 exemplar
The Dwarfs 1 exemplar
Visionary Experience/How To Change Behavior 1 exemplar
Antologia do conto moderno — Autor — 1 exemplar
Harper's modern classics 1 exemplar
The Complete Etchings of Goya, 1 exemplar
Aldous Huxley - Il sorriso della Gioconda | August W. Derleth - La signora Lannisfree | - Lettera noiosa — Autor — 1 exemplar
Brave New World The Vanguard Library No 2 1 exemplar
¡Aún dibujan! : con 60 reproducciones de dibujos realizados por niños españoles durante la… 1 exemplar
Weerzien met mijn nieuwe wereld 1 exemplar
L'Arte di vivere 1 exemplar
Los escǹdalos de Crome : novela 1 exemplar
Uśmiech Giocondy i inne opowiadania 1 exemplar
BRAVE NEW WORLD REVISITED BY ALDOUS HUXLEY 1 exemplar
Die Pforten der Wahrnehmung Himmel und Hölle 1 exemplar
Si restul e tacere 1 exemplar
The Claxtons 1 exemplar
The Adventure of Silver Blaze 1 exemplar
Через много лет Гений и богиня 1 exemplar
America and The Future (1st Edition) 1 exemplar
The Complete Works of Aldous Huxley 1 exemplar
Un mundo feliz 1 exemplar
Art and letters, war and peace 1 exemplar
FINES Y MEDIOS 1 exemplar
Louise de la Valliere 1 exemplar
MÚSICA EN LA NOCHE 1 exemplar
LE GÉNIE ET LA DÉESSE 1 exemplar
EL TIEMPO Y LA MÁQUINA 1 exemplar
RARE POINT COUNTER POINT by Aldous Huxley - 1st -1928 HCDJ - Doubleday $2.50 [Hardcover] unknown 1 exemplar
Fairy Godmother 1 exemplar
LOS CUERVOS DEL JARDÍN 1 exemplar
Prácticas Religiosas en Mesoamérica 1 exemplar
Novelas Tomo I 1 exemplar
Half-Holiday 1 exemplar
The French of Paris 1 exemplar
Himmel og helvede 1 exemplar
Les Portes De La Perception Published by 1 exemplar
En port till andra varlden 1 exemplar
Brave New World [Audio: Michael York] 1 exemplar
Poslije mnogih ljeta 1 exemplar
Novelas II 1 exemplar
Brave New World [short story] 1 exemplar
LA PAIX DES PROFONDEURS. 1 exemplar
Essays of Aldous Huxley 1 exemplar
Unser Glaube 1 exemplar
Klett Lektürehilfen Brave New World: für Oberstufe und Abitur - Interpretationshilfe für die Schule (2007) 1 exemplar
Αυτά τα γυμνά φύλλα 1 exemplar
Aldous Huxley Cartas 1 exemplar
Aldous Huxley Tutti i racconti 1 exemplar
New preface to an old book 1 exemplar
Los escándalos de Crome, El sombrero mexicano, El pequeño Arquímedes, Un Mundo Feliz, Nueva visita… (2008) 1 exemplar
Aldous Huxley zum Gedächtnis 1 exemplar
Aldous Huxley's Early Writings including (complete and unabridged) Crome Yellow, The Burning Wheel, The Defeat of Youth… (2015) 1 exemplar
el camino al infierno 1 exemplar
Pripovjetke 1 exemplar
Bakom Golfen : gamle verdener og nye 1 exemplar
Verses And A Comedy. Collected Work 1 exemplar
Il mondo nuovo / Ritorno al mondo nuovo 1 exemplar
PUNCT CONTRAPUNCT TOP 10 (Romanian Edition) 1 exemplar
Djevlene fra Loudun 1 exemplar
Beautiful new world Classic full translation Chinese and English version of two in one(Chinese Edition) (2018) 1 exemplar
Young Archimedes [short fiction] 1 exemplar
Il sorriso della Gioconda ed altri racconti 1 exemplar
℗L'℗arte della vista 1 exemplar
Verhalen 1 exemplar
Due o tre Grazie: romanzo inglese 1 exemplar
Markmid og Leidir 1 exemplar
Uncollected Stories 1 exemplar
1977 1 exemplar
1965 1 exemplar
Os Corvos de Pereiraflorida Livro 1 1 exemplar
O Céu e o Inferno 1 exemplar
Associated Works
The Moral Life: An Introductory Reader in Ethics and Literature (1999) — Contribuidor — 182 exemplares
Zen and the Psychology of Transformation: The Supreme Doctrine (1951) — Prefácio, algumas edições — 181 exemplares
The Graphic Canon, Vol. 3: From Heart of Darkness to Hemingway to Infinite Jest (2013) — Contribuidor — 149 exemplares
The Awakening of Faith: The Classic Exposition of Mahayana Buddhism (1960) — Prefácio, algumas edições — 68 exemplares
Gentlemen, Scholars and Scoundrels: A Treasury of the Best of Harper's Magazine from 1850 to the Present (1959) — Contribuidor — 56 exemplares
Lapham's Quarterly - The Future: Volume IV, Number 4, Fall 2011 (2011) — Contribuidor — 23 exemplares
Oogst der tijden : keur uit de werken van schrijvers en dichters aller volken en eeuwen (1940) — Contribuidor — 10 exemplares
Great Classic Mysteries: Thirteen Unabridged Stories (2010) — Autor, algumas edições — 10 exemplares
Parabola: Myth and the Quest for Meaning, Vol. 7, No. 3: Ceremonies (1982) — Contribuidor — 10 exemplares
These Simple Things: Some Appreciations of the Small Joys in Daily Life (1965) — Contribuidor — 8 exemplares
WHAT VEDANTA MEANS TO ME CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDE ALDOUS HUXLEY - CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD - AND GERALD HEARD (1961) — Contribuidor — 8 exemplares
Die zwei Kulturen : literarische und naturwissenschaftliche Intelligenz ; C. P. Snows These in der Diskussion (1967) — Contribuidor — 6 exemplares
The Best from Cosmopolitan — Contribuidor — 4 exemplares
Die englische Literatur 09 in Text und Darstellung. 20. Jahrhundert. (2001) — Contribuidor — 3 exemplares
Georgian Stories 1924 — Contribuidor — 2 exemplares
Meesters der vertelkunst : zevenenderdig verhalen uit de moderne wereldliteratuur (1975) — Contribuidor — 2 exemplares
Dystopia Boxed Set: 18 Dystopian Classics in One Edition — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar
7 Novel Dystopian Collection — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar
Best Crime Stories 2 — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome legal
- Huxley, Aldous Leonard
- Data de nascimento
- 1894-07-26
- Data de falecimento
- 1963-11-22
- Localização do túmulo
- Watts Memorial Chapel Cemetery, Compton, Guildford, Surrey, England, UK
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- England, UK
USA (emigratie) - País (no mapa)
- England, UK
- Local de nascimento
- Godalming, Surrey, England, UK
- Local de falecimento
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Causa da morte
- laryngeal cancer
- Locais de residência
- Godalming, Surrey, England
Los Angeles, California, USA - Educação
- Eton College
Balliol Collage, Oxford University (BA|1916) - Ocupações
- writer
- Relações
- Huxley, Leonard (father)
Huxley, Matthew (son)
Huxley, Julian (brother)
Huxley, Laura Archera (wife)
Huxley, Thomas Henry (grandfather)
Ward, Mary Augusta (aunt) (mostrar todos 11)
Arnold, Matthew (great-uncle)
Ward, Thomas Humphry (uncle)
Arnold, Thomas (great-grandfather)
Huxley, Anthony (nephew)
Huxley, Francis (nephew) - Prémios e menções honrosas
- Royal Society of Literature Companion of Literature (1962)
American Academy of Arts and Letters (Foreign Honorary ∙ Literature ∙ 1960)
American Academy of Arts and Letters Award of Merit (1959)
James Tait Black Memorial Prize (1939)
Membros
Discussions
March 2013: Aldous Huxley em Monthly Author Reads (Março 2013)
Fiction 'midget' parents of growing boy em Name that Book (Março 2013)
Críticas
Reread the novel.
Wasn't interested in the follow up section politics and then-current events.
Wasn't interested in the follow up section politics and then-current events.
Excellent selection of essays by Aldous Huxley on philosophy, metaphysics and religion spanning a large period of his life.
A nice book of a collection of essays that are most entertaining when he is hating on others or relating his stories of travelling. I got a bit bored with the descriptions of art.
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 280
- Also by
- 99
- Membros
- 93,162
- Popularidade
- #99
- Avaliação
- 3.9
- Críticas
- 1,241
- ISBN
- 1,629
- Línguas
- 36
- Marcado como favorito
- 274
The society from which the narrative stems considers Ford a god. Production of human beings is done via conveyor belt where they are conditioned for intellect and other factors. Technology is used to make every fertilized egg to continuously double, as in most people are twins of others. Before and after birth, everyone is predestined to fit into a particular social class, have certain jobs, and like and dislikes. All this is done for the stability of society.
The narrate not only allows people in civilized Ford society to comment on itself, but also show the grotesque nature of those who do not comply to the society’s rules. There is a reservation where people mate and grow up the traditional way which is considered savage. The books ideas and narrative are complex and fascinating, but the story execution was poor.
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