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        Brave New World


        setting

        England, New Mexico

        time

        A.F 632 (After Ford)

        language

        English

        region

        Western Europe

        year published

        1932

        page count

        264

        difficulty

        Advanced

        main characters

        Lenina, Bernard, alpha-betas, Savage

        Rip's impressions

        A prophetic look into the future with regard to gene manipulation and drug use; telling, economic, and often brilliant prose, another timeless work.

        first line

        A squat grey building of only thirty-four storeys. Over the main entrance the words “Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre” and, in a shield, the World State's Motto: “Community, Identity, Stability”.

        last lines

        (spoiler alert)

        literary tidbits

        One of my greatest literary impressions is the way in which, in one chapter, Huxley portrayed contemporaneous dialogue for three characters located in three different locals in three different conversations all at the same time! (The latter half of chapter three).

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