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Cover of "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley; features a figure with robotic gears for torso, arms raised, on a stark background, evoking mechanization.
Brave New World
Read May 24, 2026

Publication Details

Type: Book
Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Published: 1932

Reading Details

Pages: 259
Location: Lawrence, Kansas (US)

Highlights

First Paragraph:

A squat grey building of only thirty-four stories. Over the main entrance the words, CENTRAL LONDON HATCHERY AND CONDITIONING CENTRE, and, in a shield, the World State's motto, COMMUNITY, IDENTITY, STABILITY.