Brave New World

Aldous Huxley

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The World Controllers have created the ideal society. Genetic science has brought the human race to perfection. From the Alpha-Plus mandarin class to the Epsilon Semi-Morons, man is bred and educated to be content with his pre-destined role.

ISBN: 9780099518471 Category:

Description

Welcome to New London. Everybody is happy here.

Our perfect society achieves peace and stability by dispensing with monogamy, privacy, money, family and history itself. Now everyone belongs. You can be happy too. All you need to do is take your Soma pills.This is the brave new world of Aldous Huxley’s deeply sinister and prophetic novel, a society based on maximum pleasure and complete surveillance – no matter the cost.

‘A masterpiece of speculation… As vibrant, fresh, and somehow shocking as it was when I first read it’ Margaret Atwood, bestselling author of The Handmaid’s Tale

‘A grave warning… Provoking, stimulating, shocking and dazzling’ Observer

**One of the BBC’s 100 Novels That Shaped Our World**

INTRODUCED BY MARGARET ATWOOD AND DAVID BRADSHAW

Additional information

Weight 0.206 kg
Dimensions 19.7 × 13 × 1.3 cm
Author

Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

288

Language

English

Edition

New edition

Dewey

823.912 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K

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