Summary Set far in the future, in the twenty-sixth century, it depicts a society in which people’s lives are completely controlled by world government. Huxley died of cancer in 1963 and is today regarded as a man who wrote brilliant and provocative ‘novels of ideas.’ He explored the effect of mind-altering drugs and wrote two books, The Doors of Perception (1954) and Heaven and Hell (1956), that had a great impact on young people in the 1960s and 1970s. When this failed, he left Europe in 1937 for California, and spent the rest of his life there, pursuing his interest in spiritual and mystical matters. During the 1930s Huxley became very involved in the peace movement in Europe. When Brave New World came out, the novel was instantly recognized as an important work having a vital message for society. He wrote a number of successful novels in his twenties and early thirties, including Antic Hay (1923), and Point Counter Point (1928), and was regarded as a witty commentator on contemporary society. After leaving university, he became a journalist and by the age of twenty-five he had already published three volumes of poetry. This did not prevent Huxley from pursuing a brilliant career.
Their mother died when Huxley was fourteen and at sixteen, he developed serious eye trouble which caused him to become almost completely blind. But family distinction could not protect the Huxley boys from misfortune.
Huxley’s elder brother Julian also became a famous biologist and writer. PENGUIN READERS Teacher Support ProgrammeĪbout the author Born in 1894, Aldous Huxley belonged to a very distinguished family, the most famous of whom was his grandfather, TH Huxley, an eminent scientist and writer.
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