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ALDOUS HUXLEY - GEBRAUCHT BRAVE NEW WORLD - PRE...

Aldous Huxley was born on 26 July 1894 near Godalming  Surrey. He began writing poetry and
short stories in his early 20s  but it was his first novel  Crome Yellow (1921)  which
established his literary reputation. This was swiftly followed by Antic Hay (1923)  Those
Barren Leaves (1925) and Point Counter Point (1928) ¿ bright  brilliant satires in which Huxley
wittily but ruthlessly passed judgement on the shortcomings of contemporary society. For most
of the 1920s Huxley lived in Italy and an account of his experiences there can be found in
Along the Road (1925). The great novels of ideas  including his most famous work Brave New
World (published in 1932 this warned against the dehumanising aspects of scientific and
material 'progress') and the pacifist novel Eyeless in Gaza (1936) were accompanied by a series
of wise and brilliant essays  collected in volume form under titles such as Music at Night
(1931) and Ends and Means (1937). In 1937  at the height of his fame  Huxley left Europe to
live in California  working for a time as a screenwriter in Hollywood. As the West braced
itself for war  Huxley came increasingly to believe that the key to solving the world's
problems lay in changing the individual through mystical enlightenment. The exploration of the
inner life through mysticism and hallucinogenic drugs was to dominate his work for the rest of
his life. His beliefs found expression in both fiction ( Time Must Have a Stop  1944  and
Island   1962) and non-fiction ( The Perennial Philosophy   1945  Grey Eminence   1941  and the
account of his first mescalin experience  The Doors of Perception   1954. Huxley died in
California on 22 November 1963.

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