Aldous Huxley was born on 26th July 1894 near Godalming, Surrey. He began writing poetry and short stories in his early twenties, but it was his first novel, Crome Yellow (1921), which established his literary reputation. This was swiftly followed by Antic Hay (1923), Those Barren Leaves (1925) and Point Counter Point (1928) - bright, brilliant satires in which Huxley wittily but ruthlessly passed judgement on the shortcomings of contemporary society. For most of the 1920s Huxley lived in Italy and an account of his experiences there can be found in Along the Road (1925). The great novels of ideas, including his most famous work Brave New World (published in 1932 this warned against the dehumanising aspects of scientific and material 'progress') and the pacifist novel Eyeless in Gaza (1936) were accompanied by a series of wise and brilliant essays, collected in volume form under titles such as Music at Night (1931) and Ends and Means (1937). In 1937, at the height of his fame, Huxley left Europe to live in California, working for a time as a screenwriter in Hollywood. As the West braced itself for war, Huxley came increasingly to believe that the key to solving the world's problems lay in changing the individual through mystical enlightenment. The exploration of the inner life through mysticism and hallucinogenic drugs was to dominate his work for the rest of his life. His beliefs found expression in both fiction (Time Must Have a Stop,1944 and Island, 1962) and non-fiction (The Perennial Philosophy, 1945, Grey Eminence, 1941 and the famous account of his first mescalin experience, The Doors of Perception, 1954. Huxley died in California on 22nd November 1963.
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说起反乌托邦的文学作品,乔治奥威尔的《1984》似乎在国内更享有盛名,相比之下,赫胥黎的《美妙的新世界》(美丽新世界)的知名度就要差上好多了。豆瓣上简单地一比,《1984》各个版本的读者加起来约有7000,而《美妙的新世界》却只有两三百人而已。 只因奥威尔所写的,几乎...
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评分一直没有看到过这本书的中文版,也许是托了去年那本《娱乐至死》的福,重庆出版社在新近推出的一套名为经典重现的丛书中,收录了这本书的中译本。这套丛书还收录了一些在西方读者心目中地位甚高,但编者认为被中国读者忽略的文学作品,比如已出的《秘密花园》和《华氏451》,...
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Far in the future, the World Controllers have created the ideal society. Through clever use of genetic engineering, brainwashing and recreational sex and drugs all its members are happy consumers. Bernard Marx seems alone harbouring an ill-defined longing to break free. A visit to one of the few remaining Savage Reservations where the old, imperfect life still continues, may be the cure for his distress...
Huxley's ingenious fantasy of the future sheds a blazing light on the present and is considered to be his most enduring masterpiece.
如果真有那样一个世界——没有疾病,没有痛苦,没有衰老,淡定面对死亡,生命早已被写好,每个人照着既定的线路没有抱怨没有遗憾地走完,这未尝不是好的选择。现实世界不缺乏美好却也充满了残酷,有得必有失,就看你如何权衡。
评分The solution is either taking soma or comitting suicide.
评分civilisation???
评分Nothing comes for free, even happiness. What a disturbing masterpiece!
评分如果真有那样一个世界——没有疾病,没有痛苦,没有衰老,淡定面对死亡,生命早已被写好,每个人照着既定的线路没有抱怨没有遗憾地走完,这未尝不是好的选择。现实世界不缺乏美好却也充满了残酷,有得必有失,就看你如何权衡。
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