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
about this author
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 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 World Revisited by Aldous Huxley avg rating 3.94 — 1,805 ratings — published 1958 12 editions |
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Island by Aldous Huxley avg rating 3.75 — 1,594 ratings — published 1962 25 editions |
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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 by Aldous Huxley avg rating 3.85 — 588 ratings — published 1947 14 editions |
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Ape and Essence by Aldous Huxley avg rating 3.67 — 479 ratings — published 1948 6 editions |
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Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxley avg rating 3.41 — 398 ratings — published 1921 34 editions |
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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 Swan by Aldous Huxley avg rating 3.72 — 294 ratings — published 1939 8 editions |
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Eyeless in Gaza by Aldous Huxley avg rating 3.78 — 194 ratings — published 1936 15 editions |
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"After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music."
— Aldous Huxley
— Aldous Huxley
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