Written in 1932, this is an amazing dystopian fiction is set in a futuristic world state where everyone has been conditioned to be content and perform according to a social and intelligence-based hierarchy.
In a world where there have been scientific advancements in reproductive technology, sleep-learning and behaviour conditioning the question is posed through Bernard Marx, Helmholtz Watson and John, is it better to be manipulated and happy or to be free?
A must-read for all science-fiction fans.
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A beautiful hardback edition of Huxley's inconic dystopian classic, introduced by Yuval Noah Harari
'A masterpiece of speculation... As vibrant, fresh, and somehow shocking as it was when I first read it' Margaret Atwood
'If you have time for just one book, this would be my top choice' Yuval Noah Harari
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.
'Provoking, stimulating, shocking and dazzling' Observer
'Such ingenious wit, derisive logic and swiftness of expression' The Times
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Brave New World is available in Hardback, Paperback, CD-Audio, Ebook, Audiobook
Brave New World was written by Aldous Huxley and published by Vintage Classics an imprint of Random House
Brave New World has 256 pages
Yes it is part of Vintage Quarterbound Classics series
£17.09
