or
Sign in to turn on 1-Click ordering.
 
 
More Buying Choices
16 used & new from £3.04
Have one to sell? Sell yours here
 
   
Aldous Huxley
 
 
Share your own customer images
Search inside this book

Aldous Huxley (Paperback)

by Nicholas Murray (Author) "'Born into the rain,' Aldous Huxley told the New York Herald Tribune in 1952, 'I have always felt a powerful craving for light.' ..." (more)
No customer reviews yet. Be the first.
Price: £12.99 & this item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
In stock.
Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk. Gift-wrap available.

Only 2 left in stock--order soon (more on the way).

Want guaranteed delivery by Friday, November 13? Choose Express delivery at checkout. See Details
7 new from £8.04 9 used from £3.04
Other Editions: RRP: Our Price: Other Offers:
Hardcover (1st Us) 2 used & new from £29.95
Unbound Order it used

Frequently Bought Together

Customers buy this book with Dawn and the Darkest Hour: A Study of Aldous Huxley by George Woodcock

Aldous Huxley + Dawn and the Darkest Hour: A Study of Aldous Huxley
Price For Both: £29.98

One of these items is dispatched sooner than the other. Show details

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

Brave New World Revisited

Brave New World Revisited

by Aldous Huxley
4.8 out of 5 stars (6)  £4.99
Dawn and the Darkest Hour: A Study of Aldous Huxley

Dawn and the Darkest Hour: A Study of Aldous Huxley

by George Woodcock
£16.99
This Timeless Moment: Personal View of Aldous Huxley

This Timeless Moment: Personal View of Aldous Huxley

by Laura Archera Huxley
£13.18
Diaries

Diaries

by George Orwell
£13.00
The Perennial Philosophy (P.S.)

The Perennial Philosophy (P.S.)

by Aldous Huxley
4.4 out of 5 stars (11)  £6.74
› Explore similar items

Product details

  • Paperback: 512 pages
  • Publisher: Abacus; New edition edition (6 Nov 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0349113483
  • ISBN-13: 978-0349113487
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.6 x 3.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: No customer reviews yet. Be the first.
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 388,345 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

    •  Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?

Product Description

Amazon.co.uk Review

Nicholas Murray's Aldous Huxley: An English Intellectual looks at the life of the author of Brave New World which, along with George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty Four, is one of the most frightening visions of the future of the human race. Of the two, Huxley's book is much funnier, and when it comes to matters such as genetic engineering and TV culture, more accurate.

This biography reveals the origins of Huxley's light but decisive literary touch. It came from a fascination with science (especially alternative science) which he inherited from his famous evolutionist grandfather, Thomas Henry Huxley. And it came from Huxley's own exposure to the wry iconoclasm of the Bloomsbury crowd in the years around the First World War. Murray charts the life of this latter-day Victorian gentleman of letters with pace and insight.

Huxley was always on the move, flitting between Italy, Paris, London and California. Beautifully dressed, he seems to have changed his ideas as often as his clothes, flirting with French symbolism, Oswald Mosley's fascism, Walt Disney and LSD. Like his contemporary Bertrand Russell, his views on everything were sought out by everybody. And, inevitably, his sex life was as busy and as free as his intellectual imagination.

Nicholas Murray passes up the ample opportunities to debunk Huxley's often naïve and snobbish pronouncements, and instead offers a sympathetic account of a man beset by poor eyesight, emotional insecurity and always in search of a brave new world of his own. --Miles Taylor --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.



Review

'This excellent biography has come at the right time' - Jeanette Winterson, The Times * 'Generous and intelligent biography' - J.G. Ballard, Guardian * 'A richly detailed, thoroughly sympathetic portrait' - Sunday Herald
See all Product Description
Inside This Book (Learn More)
First Sentence
'Born into the rain,' Aldous Huxley told the New York Herald Tribune in 1952, 'I have always felt a powerful craving for light.' Read the first page
Explore More
Concordance
Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
Search inside this book:

Suggested Tags from Similar Products

 (What's this?)
Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product)
 
(15)
(14)
(9)
(9)
(8)
(6)
(6)
(5)
(5)
(4)
(4)

Your tags: Add your first tag
 
See most popular tags

What Do Customers Ultimately Buy After Viewing This Item?

Aldous Huxley
64% buy the item featured on this page:
Aldous Huxley
£12.99
The Doors of Perception: And Heaven and Hell
12% buy
The Doors of Perception: And Heaven and Hell 5.0 out of 5 stars (15)
£4.99
Island
9% buy
Island 4.5 out of 5 stars (26)
£5.99
Brave New World Revisited
8% buy
Brave New World Revisited 4.8 out of 5 stars (6)
£4.99
Explore similar items

Customer Reviews


There are no customer reviews yet.
Video reviews
Video reviews
Amazon now allows customers to upload product video reviews. Use a webcam or video camera to record and upload reviews to Amazon.


Customer Discussions

This product's forum
Discussion Replies Latest Post
No discussions yet

Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight
Start a new discussion
Topic:
First post:
Prompts for sign-in
 


Active discussions in related forums
   
Related forums

Listmania!

Create a Listmania! list

Look for similar items by category

Look for similar items by subject












i.e., each product must be in subject 1 AND subject 2 AND ...

Feedback

Ad

Your Recent History

 (What's this?)

After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.