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Notes 17.2 Summary

• Brave New World is Aldous Huxley’s fifth novel, written in 1931 and published in 1932.
• Aldous Leonard Huxley was born on July 26, 1894 in Surrey, England, as the third son
of Dr. Leonard Huxley and Julia Arnold.
• Huxley’s career began in journalism and included music and artistic criticism as well as
book reviews.
• Huxley’s novel is chiefly a critique of the socialist policies that states had begun to
advocate in the early twentieth century.

17.3 Keywords

Embodiment : a tangible or visible form of an idea or quality.
Dystopian : an imaginary place or society in which everything is bad.
Assassinate : murder.
Meditation : a discourse expression considered thoughts on a subject.

17.4 Review Questions

1. Write the biography of Aldous Leonard Huxley.
2. Write a short note on the literary career of Huxley.
3. Write brief note on Brave new world.

Answers: Self Assessment

1. (b) 2. (c)
3. (b) 4. (a)

5. (d) 6. (a)

17.5 Further Readings

Books Brave New World (E Text) — Aldous Huxley

Aldous Huxley: a biography — Nicholas Murray
Aldous Huxley — Harold Bloom

Online links http://www.pinkmonkey.com/booknotes/barrons/bravenw01.asp

http://www.huxley.net/studyaid/index.html

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