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Island

Island

Literature

(english) Aldous Huxley

205K0

Pala, an island far away in the Pacific, has been an ideal society that has flourished for more than 100 years and has become an experiment in modern social civilization. The residents live in this paradise on earth created by Western science and Eastern philosophy. The happiness on the island has attracted jealousy and hostility from the outside world. In order to seize the island's resources, reporter Frankie disguised himself as a castaway and sneaked into the island, but he soon fell in love with the island's lifestyle. Defend the island's ideal society, or continue the mission? However, no matter what choice he makes, this small island of paradise will not be able to avoid this carefully planned disaster.

Brave New World (dystopian Trilogy)

(english) Aldous Huxley

138K0

"Brave New World" is A. Huxley's famous fantasy novel. It has profound meaning and is chewy, so it is very popular. It was published in 1932. In the 34 years to 1966, it had produced 57 editions including Harper Edition, New Harper Edition, Bantam Edition, and Bantam Classic Edition, with a total of 2.75 Million copies. The author A. Hux's most popular work is "Brave New World". This science fiction novel has won him huge world reputation. The title of this book is significant. It comes from Shakespeare's legendary play "The Tempest". This book mainly depicts a future society under mechanical civilization, in which people's "humanity" is completely deprived of machinery. People in a state of "happiness" are born in industrialized nurseries in several castes, receive various educations that are content with the status quo, and love mechanized work and lifestyle.

Brave New World (dystopian Trilogy)

(english) Aldous Huxley

138K0

This book depicts a future society with highly developed technology and a precise and "perfect" life for human beings. In this "brave new world", people in a state of "happiness" are born in industrialized nurseries with their own preset castes, receive various educations that are content with the status quo, love mechanized work and lifestyle, and all uncertain factors have been eliminated. They have stability and unlimited "freedom", but they have lost their personality, art, marriage, and even emotions; desire has replaced love, pleasure has replaced happiness, and settings have replaced thinking. Those who occasionally have doubts about the status quo or have a rebellious mentality will be regarded as unstable factors and exiled to remote areas...