Aldous Huxley






Aldous Huxley

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born
December 13, 1901

died
November 22, 1963

gender
male

place of birth
Godalming, Surrey, England, The United Kingdom

genre
Literature & Fiction, Poetry, Travel


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Aldous Leonard Huxley was an English writer and one of the most prominent members of the famous Huxley family. He spent the latter part of his life in the United States, living in Los Angeles from 1937 until his death in 1963. Best known for his novels and wide-ranging output of essays, he also published short stories, poetry, travel writing, and film stories and scripts. Through his novels and essays Huxley functioned as an examiner and sometimes critic of social mores, norms and ideals. Huxley was a humanist but was also interested towards the end of his life in spiritual subjects such as parapsychology and philosophical mysticism. By the end of his life Huxley was considered, in some academic circles, a leader of modern thought and an in...more




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The Doors of Perception and He... The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell
by Aldous Huxley
avg rating 3.86 — 2,283 ratings — published 1969
16 editions
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Brave New World and Brave New... Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited
by Aldous Huxley
avg rating 3.94 — 1,805 ratings — published 1958
12 editions
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Island Island
by Aldous Huxley
avg rating 3.75 — 1,594 ratings — published 1962
25 editions
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Brave New World Revisited Brave New World Revisited
by Aldous Huxley
avg rating 3.75 — 1,213 ratings — published 1958
20 editions
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Point Counter Point Point Counter Point
by Aldous Huxley
avg rating 3.85 — 588 ratings — published 1947
14 editions
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Ape and Essence Ape and Essence
by Aldous Huxley
avg rating 3.67 — 479 ratings — published 1948
6 editions
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Crome Yellow Crome Yellow
by Aldous Huxley
avg rating 3.41 — 398 ratings — published 1921
34 editions
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The Perennial Philosophy The Perennial Philosophy
by Aldous Huxley
avg rating 4.21 — 275 ratings — published 1945
10 editions
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After Many a Summer Dies the S... After Many a Summer Dies the Swan
by Aldous Huxley
avg rating 3.72 — 294 ratings — published 1939
8 editions
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Eyeless in Gaza Eyeless in Gaza
by Aldous Huxley
avg rating 3.78 — 194 ratings — published 1936
15 editions
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"Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored."
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"After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music."
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"Maybe this world is another planet’s hell."
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