Delphi Complete Works of Aldous Huxley

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English novelist and philosopher Aldous Huxley is famous today for his dystopian science fiction novel ‘Brave New World’, which went on to inspire countless other authors and forms of media. His works are notable for their wit and pessimistic satire, vividly expressing Huxley’s distrust of twentieth century trends in both politics and technology. Huxley also wrote learned non-fiction books, including ‘The Doors of Perception’, detailing his experiences with the hallucinogenic drugs and ‘The Perennial Philosophy’, revealing his growing interest in Hindu mysticism. For the first time in digital publishing, this comprehensive eBook presents Huxley’s complete fictional works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Huxley’s life and works * Concise introductions to the major works * All 11 novels, with individual contents tables * Features rare novels, often missed out of collections * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Rare story collections available in no other eBook * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry and the short stories * Easily locate the poems or short stories you want to read * Includes Huxley’s rare poetry collections – available in no other collection * A selection of Huxley’s important non-fiction – spend hours exploring the author’s diverse oeuvre * Features the author’s memoir ‘The Art of Seeing’ – discover Huxley’s intriguing life * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres CONTENTS: The Novels Crome Yellow Antic Hay Those Barren Leaves Point Counter Point Brave New World Eyeless in Gaza After Many a Summer Time Must Have a Stop Ape and Essence The Genius and the Goddess Island The Translation A Virgin Heart by Remy de Gourmont The Shorter Fiction Limbo Mortal Coils Little Mexican Two or Three Graces Brief Candles Miscellaneous Short Stories The Short Stories List of Short Stories in Chronological Order List of Short Stories in Alphabetical Order The Poetry Collections The Burning Wheel The Defeat of Youth and Other Poems Leda The Cicadas and Other Poems The Poems List of Poems in Chronological Order List of Poems in Alphabetical Order Selected Non-Fiction The Olive Tree and Other Essays What are You Going to Do About it? The Perennial Philosophy Science, Liberty and Peace The Devils of Loudun The Doors of Perception Heaven and Hell Brave New World Revisited The Memoir The Art of Seeing