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Island is the final book by english writer aldous huxley, published in 1962. Random house of canada is proud to bring you classic works of literature in ebook. Goodreads members who liked on the island on the island. It has inspired millions of readers and the book gave the name to the band the doors. With an astonishing array of nineteenth and twentiethcentury photographs, ellis island leads the reader through the fascinating history of this small island in new york harbor from its preimmigration days as one of the harbors oyster islands to its spectacular years as the flagship station of the u. View entire discussion 4 comments more posts from the audiobooks community. A satire in nature, this novel takes a look at life in london following the first world war.
Included here are contemporary accounts from crew members, offering dramatically different versions of the truelife traumatic event and a fascinating counterpoint to roberts fictionalized version. Aldous huxleys last novel is an enjoyably oldfashioned novel of ideas that makes no bones about what it is. Aldous huxley 18941963 is the author of the classic novels brave new world, eyeless in gaza, and the genius and the goddess, as well as such critically acclaimed nonfiction works as the. Huxley posits an island utopia that has no real dystopian aspects except for the handing of power through the lines of a single family. The final novel from aldous huxley, island is a provocative counterpoint to his worldwide classic brave new world, in which a flourishing, ideal society located on a remote pacific island attracts the envy of the outside world.
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