From the Writer’s Almanac: In 1931, (Aldous Huxley) began work on a novel that he intended to be a light look at what the future might hold – a satiric response to the utopian novels of H.G. Wells. He wrote …
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Today is the birthday of English author Aldous Huxley, best known for his dystopian novel Brave New World. Huxley wed in 1919 and the couple traveled a lot during the early years of their marriage. According to The Writer’s Almanac: …
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Aldous Huxley would be 119 years old today. I read his Brave New World in a course I had in college called “Social Ideals and Ideal Societies,” which I took for a very noble reason: a pretty girl I liked …
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