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.
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.
2503年,一个婴儿养育室里。护士们在地板上摆了一堆图书和鲜花,然后把一群长得一摸一样的、8个月大的婴儿放到了地板上。婴儿们看到图书和鲜花,飞快地爬过去,拿起来玩耍。这时候,长官一声令下,护士长启动电路装置,一时间,刺耳的警报响起,地板被通上了电,触电的...
评分 评分《美丽新世界》是儿子借来看的,看完递给我说:你也看看吧。 他总是在看些我不知道的东西,小时候怕他成为文艺男,拼命把他往体育活动和理科男方向拉。看的都是恐龙、十万个为什么以及数学经典等等。但是大概从初中起风向变了,他自己找东西看,从欧美漫画到侦探小说科...
评分这版让人特别抓狂就是为了减少人名的讽刺性把很对一看就是有所指的人名变成了音译,以让人减少联想。没看过其他版本的翻译,借助百科,还原人名指代和暗含之意。 柏纳德·马克斯,Bernard Marx,这个名字是George Bernard Shaw(乔治·萧伯纳和Karl Marx(卡尔·马克思)。萧...
评分这些天,痛苦一遍遍地翻腾。在放纵心灵和等待麻木的过程中,我读到了《美丽新世界》。 那不一定是想象中的救赎,但至少带来了安慰。 不想讨论它的反乌托邦涵义和显而易见的政治讽喻,我只知道老赫胥黎穿越74年的时光让我明白孤独和痛苦意味着激情未泯,灵魂仍然品尝得到渴望的...
I dont like this novel, but i like some of the characters
评分civilisation???
评分The solution is either taking soma or comitting suicide.
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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