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Brave New World

by Aldous HuxleyBook 1 of Brave New World
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Description

Set in a dystopian future, Brave New World presents a highly controlled society where technology, genetic engineering, and psychological conditioning have eliminated personal freedom, emotional depth, and individuality. People are created in laboratories, divided into castes, and kept content through a pleasure-inducing drug called soma. The story follows Bernard Marx, an outsider within the system, and John the Savage, a man raised outside of the World State. When John is brought into the highly ordered society, his values clash with its emptiness and artificial happiness. His struggle exposes the dehumanizing effects of a world that prioritizes comfort and stability over truth and humanity.

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Details

First published
1932
Pages
225
Reading time
About 5 hours
Format
Novel
Audience
Adult
Publisher
Vintage
Language
English
ISBN
9783125777903
Series
Brave New World, Book 1

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