| Front | Brave new World |
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| Back | novel Aldous Huxley 1932 set in 26th century a kind of utopia different categories of workers , Alphas, Betas, Gammas, etc psychotropic drugs Savage, debating the merits of freedom and passion but in the end he yields to the temptation of the carefree world and killed himself black comedy Brave New World is a dystopian novel by English author Aldous Huxley, written in 1931 and published in 1932. Largely set in a futuristic World State, inhabited by genetically modified citizens and an intelligence-based social hierarchy, the novel anticipates huge scientific advancements in reproductive technology, sleep-learning, psychological manipulation and classical conditioning that are combined to make a dystopian society which is challenged by only a single individual: the story's protagonist. |
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