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    The Defeat of Youth, and Other Poems
    The Defeat of Youth, and Other Poems
    The Defeat of Youth, and Other Poems
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    The Defeat of Youth, and Other Poems

    By Aldous Huxley

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    The following book is a collection of poems authored by Aldous Huxley, best-remembered today for his novel, 'Brave New World'. In this book, some of his best known and lesser known ones are featured here, bearing the following titles: 'Out of the Window', 'Summer Stillness', 'Revelation', 'Minoan Porcelain', 'In Uncertainty to a Lady', 'Topiary', 'On the Bus', and 'The Life Theoretic'.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGood Press
    Release dateNov 22, 2019
    ISBN4057664640482
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    Aldous Huxley

    Aldous Huxley (1894-1963) was a prominent and successful English writer. Throughout his career he wrote over fifty books, and was nominated seven times for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Huxley wrote his first book, Crome Yellow, when he was seventeen years old, which was described by critics as a complex social satire. Huxley was both an avid humanist and pacifist and many of these ideals are reflected in his writing. Often controversial, Huxley’s views were most evident in the best-selling dystopian novel, Brave New World. The publication of Brave New Worldin 1931 rattled many who read it. However, the novel inspired many writers, Kurt Vonnegut in particular, to describe the book’s characters as foundational to the genre of science fiction. With much of his work attempting to bridge the gap between Eastern and Western beliefs, Aldous Huxley has been hailed as a writer ahead of his time.

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