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The astonishing novel Brave New World, originally published in 1932, presents Aldous Huxley's vision of the future--of a world utterly transformed. Through the most efficient scientific and psychological engineering, people are genetically designed to be passive and therefore... Read Full Overview

The astonishing novel Brave New World, originally published in 1932, presents Aldous Huxley's vision of the future--of a world utterly transformed. Through the most efficient scientific and psychological engineering, people are genetically designed to be passive and therefore... Read Full Overview

Un mundo feliz es un cl sico de la literatura de este siglo. Con iron a mordiente, el genial autor ingl s plasma una sombr a met fora sobre el futuro, muchas de cuyas previsiones se han materializado, acelerada e inquietantemente, en los ltimos a os. La novela describe un mundo... Read Full Overview

Un mundo feliz es un cl sico de la literatura de este siglo. Con iron a mordiente, el genial autor ingl s plasma una sombr a met fora sobre el futuro, muchas de cuyas previsiones se han materializado, acelerada e inquietantemente, en los ltimos a os. La novela describe un mundo... Read Full Overview

When an essay is due and dreaded exams loom, this title offers students what they need to succeed. It provides chapter-by-chapter analysis, explanations of key themes, motifs, and symbols, a review quiz and essay topics. It is suitable for late-night studying and paper writing... Read Full Overview

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley is a dystopian novel that delves into the consequences of genetic engineering, conditioning, and the use of a drug called Soma. The story follows Bernard Marx, an Alpha Plus who feels out of place in his regimented world, and John, a Savage who... Read Full Overview

Now more than ever: Aldous Huxley's enduring masterpiece ... one of the most prophetic dystopian works of the 20th century (Wall Street Journal) must be read and understood by anyone concerned with preserving the human spirit in the face of our brave new world

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WITH INTRODUCTIONS BY MARGARET ATWOOD AND DAVID BRADSHAW 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... Read Full Overview

Now a television series by the creators of The Walking Dead

Ranked one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century, this dystopian satire is a brilliant and terrifying vision of a soulless society--and of one man who discovers the human... Read Full Overview