Aldous Huxley

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In addition to Brave New World, 1932, one of the most famous dystopian novels of the twentieth century, AH penned more than forty other novels, often satirical, frequently mystical, that confront the dogmas, idiosyncrasies, and ideals of contemporary humankind. He also published poetry. Fascinated by science as well as mysticism, he used essays to explore the dimensions of the human psyche. He has been called often wrong, always fascinating, when right, dead right, almost in spite of himself.
“Contemporary Authors”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Centre-LRC.

Milestones

26 July 1894

AH , novelist and essayist, was born at Laleham (then in Middlesex but near Godalming in Surrey), into a wealthy and distinguished family. He was the third of four children.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Bedford, Sybille. Aldous Huxley. Knopf; Harper & Row.
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February 1920

AH published his first work, Limbo, a collection of short stories.
Parker, Peter, editor. A Reader’s Guide to Twentieth-Century Writers. Oxford University Press.
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Drabble, Margaret, and Jenny Stringer, editors. The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. Oxford University Press.
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Watt, Donald, editor. Aldous Huxley: The Critical Heritage. Routledge and Kegan Paul.
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October 1928

AH 's novel Point Counter Point appeared, featuring identifiable portraits of D. H. Lawrence as Rampion, John Middleton Murry as Burlap, and Nancy Cunard as Lucy Tantamount.
Parker, Peter, editor. A Reader’s Guide to Twentieth-Century Writers. Oxford University Press.
357
Drabble, Margaret, and Jenny Stringer, editors. The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. Oxford University Press.
278
Watt, Donald, editor. Aldous Huxley: The Critical Heritage. Routledge and Kegan Paul.
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By 5 February 1932

AH published his best-known work, Brave New World, a futuristic, satirical, dystopic novel.
H. L’A. F.,. “5 February 1932. The prophecies of Aldous Huxley”. Guardian Weekly, p. 22.
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Parker, Peter, editor. A Reader’s Guide to Twentieth-Century Writers. Oxford University Press.
356-7
Drabble, Margaret, and Jenny Stringer, editors. The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. Oxford University Press.
278
Watt, Donald, editor. Aldous Huxley: The Critical Heritage. Routledge and Kegan Paul.
197

By 25 October 1963

AH 's Literature and Science, his last work, appeared shortly before his death this same year.
Parker, Peter, editor. A Reader’s Guide to Twentieth-Century Writers. Oxford University Press.
357
Thomas, Ivor. “The Two-Culture Man”. Times Literary Supplement, No. 3217, p. 845.
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22 November 1963

AH , novelist, satirist, and essayist, died in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

Biography

Birth and Family

26 July 1894

AH , novelist and essayist, was born at Laleham (then in Middlesex but near Godalming in Surrey), into a wealthy and distinguished family. He was the third of four children.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Bedford, Sybille. Aldous Huxley. Knopf; Harper & Row.
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