Brave New World

by SparkNotes

Today's most popular study guide features explanations of themes, motifs, and symbols, as well as character analyses and much more for Aldous Huxley's classic, Brave New World.

88 pages, Paperback

Published January 10, 2002

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[Marie-Pier Guzzi · Rating 3 out of 5]

C’est un vieux livre qui a mal vieilli, mais j’ai tout de même aimé les idées dystopiques du meilleur des mondes. Comme quoi l’atteinte du bonheur pour tous est difficilement envisageable… à réfléchir!

[Kathy Stone · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a really good introduction to the novel by Aldous Huxley. I had originally bought this with the intent to review this with a book group, but that did not work out. This is one of my favorite novels and may be fitting to read during the political times in which we live. The Sparknotes guide compares the similarities between this and George Orwell's 1984. Dystopias seem to be the trendy topic in reading as we are again facing up to a fascist world leadership that believes the little people have too much and wants to control access to thought. While the world we live in right now is not about consuming for consuming's sake as Huxley's. There is talk about raising tariffs to control another country which will lead to a shortage of goods and higher prices. Access to news media that is objective is being denied with the talk about Fake News everywhere one tries to find information. It may only be a matter of time before books are censored if we do not watch ourselves. While some people may like this it is never a good idea to limit anyone's access to knowledge. The world is not always pleasant, there are rules to follow, but blind consumerism for the sake only of pleasure does not lead to happiness. Nor does denying a person knowledge make them happy.

[Laura Hall · Rating 3 out of 5]

Having this sparknotes guide to Brave New World really helped my understand the novel better. It gives a break down and summary of the novel chapter by chapter. It also feature helpful tools like all the characters in depth, theme, symbols, explanation of important quotes ect. Since I had to read the novel for my english class, I found this a very helpful tool to have to read along side the actual novel. Definitely suggest using this if you want a greater understanding for Brave New World

[Marko]

I have the slovenian edition.

[Marbeth Skwarczynski · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful help!