Brave New World
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Narrated by:
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Michael York
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Written by:
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Aldous Huxley
About this listen
Originally published in 1932, this outstanding work of literature is more crucial and relevant today than ever before.
“One of the most prophetic dystopian works of the 20th century”—Wall Street Journal
Cloning, feel-good drugs, antiaging programs, and total social control through politics, programming, and media—has Aldous Huxley accurately predicted our future? With a storyteller’s genius, he weaves these ethical controversies in a compelling narrative that dawns in the year 632 AF (After Ford, the deity). When Lenina and Bernard visit a savage reservation, we experience how Utopia can destroy humanity.
A powerful work of speculative fiction that has enthralled and terrified readers for generations, Brave New World is both a warning to be heeded and thought-provoking yet satisfying entertainment.
©1932 Aldous Huxley; 1998 BBC Audiobooks America (P)2003 BBC Audiobooks AmericaYou may also enjoy...
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What the critics say
"British actor Michael York's refined and dramatic reading captures both the tone and the spirit of Huxley's masterpiece." (AudioFile)
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Difficult to imagine
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This Story is Our Future
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Not My Cup of Tea.
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Great classical story, below average narration
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Mr York was great, though I'm not sure why the savage had the same accent as Bernard.
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