Island

Island
Title Island PDF eBook
Author Aldous Huxley
Publisher Harper Collins
Pages 408
Release 2014-01-01
Genre Fiction
ISBN 1443428582

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While shipwrecked on the island of Pala, Will Farnaby, a disenchanted journalist, discovers a utopian society that has flourished for the past 120 years. Although he at first disregards the possibility of an ideal society, as Farnaby spends time with the people of Pala his ideas about humanity change. HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library.

Ape and Essence

Ape and Essence
Title Ape and Essence PDF eBook
Author Aldous Huxley
Publisher Ivan R. Dee
Pages 224
Release 1992-08-01
Genre Fiction
ISBN 146174136X

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When Aldous Huxley's Brave New World first appeared in 1932, it presented in terms of purest fantasy a society bent on self-destruction. Few of its outraged critics anticipated the onset of another world war with its Holocaust and atomic ruin. In 1948, seeing that the probable shape of his anti-utopia had been altered inevitably by the facts of history, Huxley wrote Ape and Essence. In this savage novel, using the form of a film scenario, he transports us to the year 2108. The setting is Los Angeles where a "rediscovery expedition" from New Zealand is trying to make sense of what is left. From chief botanist Alfred Poole we learn, to our dismay, about the twenty-second-century way of life. "It was inevitable that Mr. Huxley should have written this book: one could almost have seen it since Hiroshima is the necessary sequel to Brave New World."—Alfred Kazin. "The book has a certain awesome impressiveness; its sheer intractable bitterness cannot but affect the reader."—Time.

Point Counter Point

Point Counter Point
Title Point Counter Point PDF eBook
Author Aldous Huxley
Publisher
Pages 444
Release 1928
Genre
ISBN

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What Not

What Not
Title What Not PDF eBook
Author Dame Rose Macaulay
Publisher
Pages 124
Release 2015-03-24
Genre
ISBN 9781505558562

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"[...]Ministry of Brains Instruction 743, paragraph 3...." Prideaux paused, and frowned nervously at his secretary, who was conducting a fruitless conversation over his telephone, an occupation at which she did not shine. "Hullo ... yes ... I can't quite hear ... who are you, please?... Oh ... yes, he's here.... But rather busy, you know.... Dictating.... Yes, dictating.... Who did you say wanted him, please?... Oh, I see...."[...]".

Those Barren Leaves

Those Barren Leaves
Title Those Barren Leaves PDF eBook
Author Aldous Huxley
Publisher Aegitas
Pages 405
Release 2021-11-22
Genre Fiction
ISBN 0369406729

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Those Barren Leaves is a satirical novel by Aldous Huxley, published in 1925. The title is derived from the poem 'The Tables Turned' by William Wordsworth which ends with the words: Enough of Science and of Art; Close up those barren leaves; Come forth, and bring with you a heart That watches and receives. Stripping the pretensions of those who claim a spot among the cultural elite, it is the story of Mrs. Aldwinkle and her entourage, who are gathered in an Italian palace to relive the glories of the Renaissance. For all their supposed sophistication, they are nothing but sad and superficial individuals in the final analysis.

Z for Zachariah

Z for Zachariah
Title Z for Zachariah PDF eBook
Author Robert C. O'Brien
Publisher Simon and Schuster
Pages 240
Release 2021-06-01
Genre Young Adult Fiction
ISBN 1665911646

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In this post-apocalyptic novel from Newbery Medal–winning author Robert C. O’Brien, a teen girl struggling to survive in the wake of unimaginable disaster comes across another survivor. Ann Burden is sixteen years old and completely alone. The world as she once knew it is gone, ravaged by a nuclear war that has taken everyone from her. For the past year, she has lived in a remote valley with no evidence of any other survivors. But the smoke from a distant campfire shatters Ann’s solitude. Someone else is still alive and making his way toward the valley. Who is this man? What does he want? Can he be trusted? Both excited and terrified, Ann soon realizes there may be worse things than being the last person on Earth.

Island

Island
Title Island PDF eBook
Author Aldous Huxley
Publisher
Pages 0
Release 1976
Genre
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