Aldous Huxley




Aldous Huxley

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born December 13, 1901
died November 22, 1963
gender male
place of birth Godalming, Surrey, 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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avg rating: 3.89 | 40286 ratings | 102 distinct works
Brave New World Brave New World (Paperback)
by Aldous Huxley
avg rating 3.90 — 34444 ratings — published 1932
44 editions
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The Doors of Perception and He... The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell (Paperback)
by Aldous Huxley
avg rating 3.86 — 1036 ratings — published 2004
6 editions
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Island Island (Paperback)
by Aldous Huxley
avg rating 3.78 — 651 ratings — published 1962
9 editions
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Brave New World and Brave New ... Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited (P.S.)
by Aldous Huxley
avg rating 3.98 — 511 ratings — published 1958
4 editions
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Brave New World Revisited Brave New World Revisited (P.S.)
by Aldous Huxley
avg rating 3.73 — 430 ratings — published 1958
13 editions
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Point Counter Point Point Counter Point (Paperback)
by Aldous Huxley
avg rating 3.86 — 253 ratings — published 1928
3 editions
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Ape and Essence Ape and Essence (Paperback)
by Aldous Huxley
avg rating 3.73 — 225 ratings — published 1948
4 editions
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Crome Yellow Crome Yellow (Paperback)
by Aldous Huxley
avg rating 3.51 — 167 ratings — published 1921
13 editions
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The Perennial Philosophy The Perennial Philosophy (Paperback)
by Aldous Huxley
avg rating 4.19 — 120 ratings — published 1945
2 editions
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After Many a Summer Dies the S... After Many a Summer Dies the Swan (Paperback)
by Aldous Huxley
avg rating 3.71 — 131 ratings — published 1939
2 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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"Man is so intelligent that he feels impelled to invent theories to account for what happens in the world. Unfortunately, he is not quite intelligent enough, in most cases, to find correct explanations. So that when he acts on his theories, he behaves very often like a lunatic."
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