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 sumptuous gift edition to mark the 90th anniversary of first publication. With an Introduction by Yuval Noah Harari.
'A masterpiece of speculation... As vibrant, fresh, and somehow shocking as it was when I first read it' Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaid's Tale
Welcome to New London. Everybody is happy here. Our perfect society achieved peace and stability through the prohibition of 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.
Discover the brave new world of Aldous Huxley's classic novel, written in 1932, which prophesied a society which expects maximum pleasure and accepts complete surveillance - no matter what the cost.
'A grave warning... Provoking, stimulating, shocking and dazzling' Observer
**One of the BBC's 100 Novels That Shaped Our World**
Brave New World features in the following genres: Audiobooks of the Month, eBooks of the Month, Recommendations, Classic fiction: general and literary, Dystopian and utopian fiction, General Fiction, Speculative fiction, Fiction
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 288 pages
