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Aldous Huxley

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"Ape and Essence" by Aldous Huxley is an intriguing novel which explores mankind's lack of humanity. In "Tallis," the narrator finds a script of "Ape and Essence" by the recently deceased William Tallis. "The Script" introduces the destruction of mankind by war and other factors in the future America. "Ape and Essence" offers ideas that are both entertaining and extremely frightening.

In "Tallis," the narrator and Bob Briggs discuss Bob's personal...

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Aldous Huxley Biographies (7)

Aldous Huxley

6,622 words, approx. 23 pages

Novelist and essayist Aldous Huxley has been described by New Statesman contributor V. S. Pritchett as "that rare being--the prodigy, the educable young man, the perennial asker of unusual questions."... Read more

Aldous Leonard Huxley

678 words, approx. 3 pages

The novels, short stories, and essays of the English author Aldous Leonard Huxley (1894-1963) explore crucial questions of science, religion, and philosophy.Aldous Huxley was born into a family of int... Read more

Aldous (Leonard) Huxley

11,881 words, approx. 40 pages

Tall, witty, charismatic, conspicuously handsome, a polymath, Aldous Huxley was an intellectual lighthouse for over forty years. He wrote poetry; drama; screenplays; journalism; biography; social, s... Read more

Aldous (Leonard) Huxley

4,063 words, approx. 14 pages

It has often been argued that even in his fiction Aldous Leonard Huxley never ceased to be the essayist. To the extent that, from Crome Yellow (1921) onward, he shared Thomas Love Peacock's interest i... Read more

Aldous (Leonard) Huxley

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Among intellectuals Aldous Huxley 's reputation as a novelist flourished in the 1920s. His literary accomplishments span many genres: poetry, essays, plays, journalism, historical studies, travel wor... Read more

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Aldous (Leonard) Huxley

4,051 words, approx. 14 pages

For four decades Aldous Huxley was a major figure in the literary mainstream, yet he is now chiefly remembered for a novel that is, by any definition, science fiction. In this respect his position is ... Read more

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