Brave New World

Brave New World is a 1932 dystopian novel by Aldous Huxley. The novel anticipates developments in reproductive technology, eugenics and hypnopedia that combine to change society. The world it describes could in fact also be a utopia, albeit an ironic one: Humanity is carefree, healthy, and technologically advanced. Warfare and poverty have been eliminated, all races are equal, and everyone is permanently happy. The irony is, however, that all of these things have been achieved by eliminating many things — family, cultural diversity, art, literature, religion and philosophy — generally considered integral to being human.

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1932 - Dystopian novel - Aldous Huxley - Reproductive technology - Eugenics - Hypnopedia - Utopia - Ironic - Warfare - Poverty - Family - Art - Literature - Religion - Philosophy - Being human

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Brave New World is Huxley's most famous and enduring novel. The title comes from Miranda's speech in Shakespeare's The Tempest, Act V, Scene I:

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Shakespeare - The Tempest

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: "O wonder!

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: How many goodly creatures are there here!

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: How beautious mankind is!

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: O brave new world,

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: That has such people in't!"

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