num_pages: 284
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: French
title: Le meilleur des mondes
titlecomplete: Le meilleur des mondes
characters: John (Brave New World), Pope, Lenina Crowne, Bernard Marx, Mustapha Mond, Helmholtz Watson, The Arch-Community Songster, The Director, The Warden, Fanny Crowne, Linda (Brave New World)
genres: Philosophy, Fiction, School, Audiobook, Fantasy, Dystopia, Novels, Science Fiction, Literature, Classics
ratings_count: 1787133
places: New Mexico, London, England
awards: awardedAt: 1388563200000
name: Deutscher Hörbuchpreis
category: Das besondere Hörbuch
publisher: Plon