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Brave New World: One of the most famous dystopian literary classics of the twentieth century

author:Goose Hou Zongyi Neiyi

Hello readers, the book I want to introduce today is Brave New World.

Brave New World: One of the most famous dystopian literary classics of the twentieth century

01 Content Introduction

It is an allegorical work that presents a future picture of human society in Huxley's eyes.

Through the most effective scientific and psychological engineering, human beings have been genetically and genetically engineered to be members of society of all ranks, completely reduced to docile machines, their personality and freedom snuffed out, and literature and art on the brink of destruction.

02 Author Profile

Aldous Huxley

(Aldous Huxley, 1894—1963)

Britain's preeminent novelist, poet, essayist, critic and playwright, famous humanitarian.

03 Original golden sentence

A low gray building with only thirty-four floors. Above the gate are written several large words: "Central London Incubation and Conditional Training Centre", and the shield pattern next to the large characters is engraved with the motto of the world nation: "Collective, One, Stable".

- Quoted on page 1

Art also has its moral code, and many of the provisions of this moral code are the same as those of ordinary ethical concepts, or at least can be compared.

- Quoted on page 5

But there were certain aspects of Bernard that he hated, such as this boastfulness, and the despicable self-pity that alternated with boasting, and his sad habit of being heroic after the fact, and the problem of showing wit and calmness when things were not imminent. He hated them precisely because he liked Bernard.

- Quoted on page 85

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