Brave New World
von Aldous Huxley
Now a television series by the creators of The Walking Dead!Ranked one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century, this dystopian satire is a brilliant and terrifying vision of a soulless society—and of one man who discovers the human costs of mindless conformity.Hundreds of years in the future, the World Controllers have created an ideal civilization. Its members, shaped by genetic engineering and behavioral conditioning, are productive and content in roles they have been assigned at conception. Government-sanctioned drugs and recreational sex ensure that everyone is a happy, unquestioning consumer; messy emotions have been anesthetized and private attachments are considered obscene. Only Bernard Marx is discontented, developing an unnatural desire for solitude and a distaste for compulsory promiscuity. When he brings back a young man from one of the few remaining Savage Reservations, where the old unenlightened ways still continue, he unleashes a dramatic clash of cultures that will force him to consider whether freedom, dignity, and individuality are worth suffering for.Aldous Huxley’s ingenious fantasy of a future of mechanical efficiency and engineered harmony has been enormously influential for generations, and is as provocative, powerful, and riveting as when it was first published in 1932.
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Brave New World
von Aldous Huxley
Now a television series by the creators of The Walking Dead!Ranked one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century, this dystopian satire is a brilliant and terrifying vision of a soulless society—and of one man who discovers the human costs of mindless conformity.Hundreds of years in the future, the World Controllers have created an ideal civilization. Its members, shaped by genetic engineering and behavioral conditioning, are productive and content in roles they have been assigned at conception. Government-sanctioned drugs and recreational sex ensure that everyone is a happy, unquestioning consumer; messy emotions have been anesthetized and private attachments are considered obscene. Only Bernard Marx is discontented, developing an unnatural desire for solitude and a distaste for compulsory promiscuity. When he brings back a young man from one of the few remaining Savage Reservations, where the old unenlightened ways still continue, he unleashes a dramatic clash of cultures that will force him to consider whether freedom, dignity, and individuality are worth suffering for.Aldous Huxley’s ingenious fantasy of a future of mechanical efficiency and engineered harmony has been enormously influential for generations, and is as provocative, powerful, and riveting as when it was first published in 1932.
Aktuelle Rezensionen(9)
Rezension von IliI may be stupid but this was an awful read. I understand the importance of the themes talked about in it but oh my GOD it read like someone had a half baked plot outline and really wanted to make it about Jesus. The ending was unsatisfactory at best and just annoying at worst. Maybe I don't understand it but this book was just painful once you get past the second chapter.
Rezension von CamilleI read this for school, and I wish I hadn't
Rezension von CelineMehr als 3 Sterne kann ich echt nicht vergeben, eher sogar 2,5. Ein ganz seltsames Buch.
Rezension von Marsidakinda boring. great idea but not a great storyline
Rezension von Musecannot recommend for non native speakers. i was like: imma read it in english, we read extracts in school... NO. Did not understand a thing and could not enjoy it at all. But I bet it is a goooood novel but my english is way too bad for this (and it is actually quite good)