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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.
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"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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- Amazon Customer
- 2018-09-13
A classic
I enjoyed this book in part because I wasn’t sure who to root for. This may say more about me than the book, but the exploration of the consequences of state control is thought-provoking and entertaining.
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- Emmett
- 2021-09-23
A classic
This is a classic. Relavent to the concepts of liberty and happiness.
Probably considered dry by some, this book uses momentum to build a strong message.
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- Whootie_Who
- 2018-09-20
A must read for everyone today
So prescient that Mr Huxley was able to accurately predict the future of civilization almost 100 years ago. Consume, obey, this book was a warning but it has been used as a blueprint
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- Anonymous User
- 2022-04-22
stop using UK accent
why you are using UK englush accent if you cant handle it.... kind of kill the mood
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- D O
- 2022-06-18
amazing futuristic insight!
it's been on my list for years a the performance got better as it went one. I was actually impressed with Huxley's integration of biology in the first part of the book, I guess he came from a family of scientists.
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