Brave New World by Aldous Huxley audiobook

Brave New World

By Aldous Huxley
Read by Michael York

Blackstone Publishing

Unabridged

Format : Library CD (In Stock)
  • 4 Formats: CD
  • 4 Formats: Library CD
  • 4 Formats: MP3 CD
  • 4 Formats: Playaway

  • ISBN: 9781602833364

  • ISBN: 9780792752257

  • ISBN: 9780792753216

  • ISBN: 9780792765745

Runtime: 7.98 Hours
Category: Fiction/Classics
Audience: Adult
Language: English
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Summary

Summary

An Oprah’s Book Club Selection of Dystopian Novels Everyone Should Read

An Entertainment Weekly “Must Read” If You Love Westworld

A USA Today bestseller

#5 on the Modern Library's 100 Best English-Language Novels of the Twentieth Century list

An iBooks bestseller in Science Fiction & Fantasy

A Pop Sugar Pick of Books to Read before They Become Hit TV Shows

Originally published in 1932, this outstanding work of literature is more crucial and relevant today than ever before. Cloning, feel-good drugs, antiaging programs, and total social control through politics, programming, and media—has Aldous Huxley accurately predicted our future? With a storyteller’s genius, he weaves these ethical controversies in a compelling narrative that dawns in the year 632 AF (After Ford, the deity). When Lenina and Bernard visit a savage reservation, we experience how Utopia can destroy humanity.

A powerful work of speculative fiction that has enthralled and terrified readers for generations, Brave New World is both a warning to be heeded and thought-provoking yet satisfying entertainment.

Editorial Reviews

Editorial Reviews

“Easily one of the most significant novels of the twentieth century and still perhaps the definitive dystopian read.” —Entertainment Weekly
“It is a frightening experience, indeed, to discover how much of his satirical prediction of a distant future became reality in so short a time.” —New York Times Book Review
“The writer-philosopher’s mind-bending saga imagines a futuristic, apparently pain-free society created through genetically-modified babies, psychological manipulation, drugs, and a social hierarchy based on intelligence. Huxley’s most famous novel reminds us about the dangers of complacency.” —O, The Oprah Magazine
“British actor Michael York’s refined and dramatic reading captures both the tone and the spirit of Huxley’s masterpiece…An excellent performance of a classic and prescient twentieth-century novel.” —AudioFile
“A classic science fiction work that continues to be a significant warning to our society today.” —Library Journal
"Brave New World is one of the most influential genre classics of all time. Its provocative vision of a future gone awry remains as powerful and as timeless as ever.” —Dave Howe, president of SyFy
“As sparkling, as provocative, as brilliant...as the day it was published.” —Martin Green, English-born writer, editor, and publisher

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Author

Author Bio: Aldous Huxley

Author Bio: Aldous Huxley

Aldous Leonard Huxley (1894–1963) was an English poet, novelist, dramatist, essayist, and humanist philosopher. He attended Eton and Oxford and briefly taught at Eton before devoting himself solely to writing. His fifth novel, Brave New World, is one of the most read books in literary history.

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Details

Details

Available Formats : CD, Library CD, MP3 CD, Playaway
Category: Fiction/Classics
Runtime: 7.98
Audience: Adult
Language: English

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