num_pages: 177
description: Aldous Huxley's profoundly important classic of world literature, Brave New World is a searching vision of an unequal, technologically-advanced future where humans are genetically bred, socially indoctrinated, and pharmaceutically anesthetized to passively uphold an authoritarian ruling order–all at the cost of our freedom, full humanity, and perhaps also our souls. “A genius [who] who spent his life decrying the onward march of the Machine” (The New Yorker), Huxley was a man of incomparable talents: equally an artist, a spiritual seeker, and one of history’s keenest observers of human nature and civilization. Brave New World, his masterpiece, has enthralled and terrified millions of readers, and retains its urgent relevance to this day as both a warning to be heeded as we head into tomorrow and as thought-provoking, satisfying work of literature. Written in the shadow of the rise of fascism during the 1930s, Brave New Worldd likewise speaks to a 21st-century world dominated by mass-entertainment, technology, medicine and pharmaceuticals, the arts of persuasion, and the hidden influence of elites. "Aldous Huxley is the greatest 20th century writer in English." —Chicago Tribune
language: English
title: Brave New World
titlecomplete: Brave New World
characters: Mustapha Mond, Lenina Crowne, The Warden, The Arch-Community Songster, The Director, Pope, Helmholtz Watson, Bernard Marx, Linda (Brave New World), Fanny Crowne, John (Brave New World)
genres: Fiction, Classics, Science Fiction, Dystopia, School, Philosophy, Audiobook, Literature, Fantasy, Novels
ratings_count: 1786416
places: London, England, New Mexico
awards: awardedAt: 1388563200000
name: Deutscher Hörbuchpreis
category: Das besondere Hörbuch
publisher: Harper & Row