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Marking the 75th anniversary of its original publication, Vintage Canada is proud to publish the first Canadian edition ever of the 1932 classicBrave New Worldwith an original introduction by Margaret Atwood. 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 in feeling discontent. Harbouring an unnatural desire for solitude, and a perverse distaste for the pleasure of compulsory promiscuity, Bernard has an ill-defined longing to break free. A visit to one of the few remaining Savage Reservations, where the old, imperfect life still continues, may be the cure for his distress.… Huxley’s ingenious fantasy of the future sheds a blazing light on the present and is considered to be his most enduring masterpiece.
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Brave new world, Aldous Huxley
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- Released
- 2004
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- Title
- Brave new world
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Aldous Huxley
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Released
- 2004
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 272
- ISBN10
- 0099458160
- ISBN13
- 9780099458166
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Philosophical Topics, Science Fiction, Classics, Politics, Science, 20th century, Gifts for men, Society, English Literature, Adapted for Film, Dystopia, Drugs, Future, Criticism, Required Reading, Propaganda, Democracy, Alternate History, Cloning, Consumer Society, Overpopulation
- First published
- 1932
- Original title
- Brave New World
- Rating
- 4 out of 5
- Description
- Marking the 75th anniversary of its original publication, Vintage Canada is proud to publish the first Canadian edition ever of the 1932 classicBrave New Worldwith an original introduction by Margaret Atwood. 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 in feeling discontent. Harbouring an unnatural desire for solitude, and a perverse distaste for the pleasure of compulsory promiscuity, Bernard has an ill-defined longing to break free. A visit to one of the few remaining Savage Reservations, where the old, imperfect life still continues, may be the cure for his distress.… Huxley’s ingenious fantasy of the future sheds a blazing light on the present and is considered to be his most enduring masterpiece.