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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Brave New World by Aldous Huxley avg rating 3.88 — 81,073 ratings — published 1932 135 editions |
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The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell by Aldous Huxley avg rating 3.85 — 1,999 ratings — published 1956 13 editions |
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Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited by Aldous Huxley avg rating 3.96 — 1,532 ratings — published 1958 10 editions |
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Island by Aldous Huxley avg rating 3.77 — 1,377 ratings — published 1962 23 editions |
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Brave New World Revisited by Aldous Huxley avg rating 3.77 — 1,042 ratings — published 1958 18 editions |
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Point Counter Point by Aldous Huxley avg rating 3.81 — 520 ratings — published 1947 11 editions |
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Ape and Essence by Aldous Huxley avg rating 3.67 — 421 ratings — published 1948 5 editions |
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Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxley avg rating 3.41 — 352 ratings — published 1921 21 editions |
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The Perennial Philosophy by Aldous Huxley avg rating 4.20 — 248 ratings — published 1945 7 editions |
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After Many a Summer Dies the Swan by Aldous Huxley avg rating 3.71 — 257 ratings — published 1939 8 editions |
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"Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored."
— Aldous Huxley
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— Aldous Huxley
"After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music."
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