Brave New World (Study Texts S.) (Transaction Large Print S.) (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)

by Aldous Huxley

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Marking the 75th anniversary of its original publication, Vintage Canada is proud to publish the first Canadian edition ever of the 1932 classic Brave New World with an original introduction by Margaret Atwood.

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 in feeling discontent. Harbouring an unnatural desire for solitude, and a perverse distaste for the pleasure of compulsory promiscuity, Bernard has 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.
  • ISBN10 030735654X
  • ISBN13 9780307356543
  • Publish Date 28 August 2007 (first published 12 December 1932)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country CA
  • Imprint Vintage Canada