Brave New World
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Brave New World Predicts - With Eerie Clarity - A Terrifying Vision Of The Future. Read The Dystopian Classic That Inspired The Sky Tv Series.Everyone Belongs To Everyone Elsewelcome 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 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** Review: Great - Classic Review: Not new quality. - The book was water damages with marks on it.
| Best Sellers Rank | #501 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #2 in Political & Protest Poetry #2 in Genetic Engineering Science Fiction #2 in Political Fiction |
| Customer reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (17,372) |
| Dimensions | 12.8 x 1.7 x 19.7 cm |
| Edition | 1st |
| ISBN-10 | 0099518473 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0099518471 |
| Item weight | 205 g |
| Language | English |
| Print length | 288 pages |
| Publication date | 6 December 2007 |
| Publisher | Vintage Classics |
H**I
Great
Classic
M**E
Not new quality.
The book was water damages with marks on it.
D**M
Good contents of the book, but no mention of the dust jacket
Pros: A classic that holds up, font and text is clearly readable, the introduction is brief an concise. Cons: From the pictures on Amazon page you cannot clearly tell that the illustration on the hard cover is not engraved into the book itself but just a dusk jacket. I have not found anything in description on the Amazon page that specifies otherwise . For a 90th Anniversary Edition I expected a more premium care/build of the book.
J**S
Perfeito!
Perfeito!
J**O
Excelente Libro
Estupendo libro, leanlo
S**N
Książka
Bardzo fajne wydanie.
F**G
When Freedom Is Inconvenient
Huxley imagines a future where control doesn’t come from fear, but from comfort. No Big Brother screaming at you—just endless pleasure, distraction, consumption, and chemically engineered happiness. No books to burn, because no one wants to read. No repression, because desire itself has been redesigned. It’s chilling in the quietest possible way. Huxley’s warning isn’t about losing freedom violently, but about trading it away willingly, in exchange for comfort and stability. Re-reading it now feels less like revisiting a classic and more like holding up a mirror. Orwell warned us about power that hurts. Huxley warned us about power that seduces. And yes—small but important detail—the hardcover edition is nice. Clean design, compact and pleasant in the hands. A lovely object that contains a deeply uncomfortable idea.
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