Aldous Huxley: 83 books

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...

Heaven and Hell is a philosophical essay by Aldous Huxley published in 1956. Huxley derived the title from William Blake's book The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. The essay discusses the relationship between bright, colorful objects, geometric designs, psychoactives, art, and profound experience....

Mestre da "narrativa de ideias", Aldous Huxley retratou, com o rigor ferino do humor britânico, a comicidade involuntária da tragédia de seus personagens, atordoados na agitação desesperada dos "loucos anos 1920". Nesse período, Huxley publicou cinco livros de contos e novelas,...

Sebastian Barnac tiene diecisiete años. Es un adolescente extremadamente tímido, guapo y con alma de poeta, que inspira cariño y ternura por sus facciones infantiles. Un verano viaja a Italia y en ese momento empezará realmente su educación. Bruno Rontini, un piadoso librero que le enseña...

Antic Hay is one of Aldous Huxley's earlier novels, and like them is primarily a novel of ideas involving conversations that disclose viewpoints rather than establish characters; its polemical theme unfolds against the backdrop of London's post-war nihilistic Bohemia. This is Huxley at his biting,...

The Doors of Perception is a book by Aldous Huxley. Published in 1954, it details his taking mescaline in May 1953. The book takes its title from a phrase in William Blake's 1793 poem The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. Huxley recalls the insights he experienced, which range from the "purely aesthetic"...

Aldous Huxley was a prominent English writer and philosopher in the twentieth century.  Huxley was nominated an astounding seven times for the Nobel Prize in Literature and is considered to be one of the greatest intellectuals of his time.  This edition of The Defeat of Youth includes a table of contents.

Contemporary intellectuals still struggle over the relationship of ends to means, especially in political discourse. Pacifism is still an important topic today, as terrorism and dictatorial states abound. Many will find solace in Ends and Means, while others will find the book only a case study of...

Aldous Huxley (1894-1963) é um dos mais importantes escritores do século XX e ficou mundialmente conhecido não só pelo seu famoso romance Admirável mundo novo, como também por seus discursos pacifistas, cada vez mais urgentes na Europa daquelas décadas. Porém, vencido pela guerra que enfim...

Aldous Huxley was a prominent English writer and philosopher in the twentieth century.  Huxley was nominated an astounding seven times for the Nobel Prize in Literature and is considered to be one of the greatest intellectuals of his time.  This edition of Mortal Coils includes a table of contents.

Pour le 50e anniversaire de la mort d'Aldous Huxley, réédition d'un classique de la science-fiction épuisé. Lorsque le journaliste Will Farnaby échoue sur l'île de Pala, il croit avoir découvert la société idéale. La communauté des îliens s'organise autour des valeurs de justice,...

This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading.   Since its initial publication in 1921, Aldous Huxley's Crome Yellow has delighted readers with its ironic wit aimed at a diverse carnival of pretentious British upper-class characters. Huxley's satiric...

Aldous Huxley was a prominent English writer and philosopher in the twentieth century.  Huxley was nominated an astounding seven times for the Nobel Prize in Literature and is considered to be one of the greatest intellectuals of his time.  This edition of Leda includes a table of contents.

Seine Analysen basieren auf einem bemerkenswerten, fast übernatürlichen Verständnis der menschlichen Natur und sind auch heute erschreckend aktuell. Aldous Huxley ist zu Recht ein prophetisches Genie und eine der wichtigsten literarischen und philosophischen Stimmen des 20. Jahrhunderts. In "Wiedersehen...