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- Narrated by: Michael York
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Publisher's Summary
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.
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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What listeners say about Brave New World
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- Gunay Sadigova
- 2023-02-28
Difficult to imagine
It is difficult to imagine that many years before they predicted our future so well.
I think it is one of must read books.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2018-09-06
This Story is Our Future
Second half of the book is great. Interesting concept. Kind of worries me when I think about what future has in store for us.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- Anonymous User
- 2022-08-16
Not My Cup of Tea.
There's not much more I can add to "NOT MY CUP OF TEA." I especially hated the ending! The performance was FANTASTIC, Michael York did an amazing job.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- MOGH
- 2022-07-07
Great classical story, below average narration
Great classical story, below average narration for most of the book, especially for female characters.
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- K. Scott
- 2024-03-28
Mr York was great, though I'm not sure why the savage had the same accent as Bernard.
story didn't grab me, and I didn't appreciate the writing style, too much repetition. 15
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- Jeremy
- 2018-09-13
Not what I was expecting
Everyone told me that since I love 1984 I should read Brave New World, but it doesn't really fit the same vein. It starts off promising with buchanofski principle and all the science, but the story pretty does not have to have had that as a part of it at all. This is not as epix as people made it out to be. I likely would have enjoyed it more if it was not held up with 1984. #Audible1
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- Anonymous User
- 2019-09-29
volume highs and lows
narrator goes too quiet and then loud sometimes, hard to listen to on speakers sometimes.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Iain
- 2018-06-01
Thought-provoking Read
Loved it. Very well read by Michael York. Well ahead of it's time. Dystopian writing at its best. Can be confusing with rapid changes in point of view.
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- P
- 2021-08-26
Distopian Future From our Distant Past
If you liked 1984, Ferenheit 451, or The Chrsyallids, then you will love this story.
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- CosyDweller
- 2022-04-07
Marvelous Book
Absolutely marvelous book, Micheal York PERFORMS this, truly brings the characters to life and absolutely stunning for a book written circa 1930
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