Marovitz although music suffuses point counter point 1928, if aldous huxley intended to give it a prominent formal and thematic role in his ambitious new novel during its. Point counter point by aldous huxley dalkey archive press. It is huxley s longest novel, and was notably more complex and serious than his earlier fiction. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 432 pages and is available in paperback format.
Aldous huxley was an english writer and one of the most prominent members of the famous huxley family. The book was published in multiple languages including english language, consists of 432 pages and is available in paperback format. Point counter point first edition by aldous huxley abebooks. The first edition of this novel was published in 1928, and was written by aldous huxley. That is a brief, if incomplete, summary of aldous huxleys novel, point counter point. Buy a cheap copy of point counter point book by aldous huxley. Aldous huxleys lifelong concern with the dichotomy between pa. A whole population of strangers inhabited and shaped that little body, lived in that mind and controlled its wishes, dictated its thoughts. With the novels antic hay, those barren leaves and point counter point, huxley quickly established a reputation for bright, brilliant satires that ruthlessly passed ju. Buy point counter point vintage classics new ed by huxley, aldous isbn. When it was published in 1928, point counter point no doubt shocked its readers with frank depictions of infidelity, sexuality, and the highbrow high jinks of aldous huxleys arty characters. Aldous leonard huxley 26 july 1894 22 november 1963 was an english writer, philosopher and a prominent member of the huxley family he was best known for his novels including brave new world, set in a dystopian london, and for nonfiction books, such as the doors of perception, which recalls experiences when taking a psychedelic drug, and a wideranging output of essays.
Point counter point by aldous huxley overdrive rakuten. In 1998, the modern library ranked point counter point 44th on its list of the 100 best englishlanguage novels of. Along with brave new world written a few years later, point counter point is huxley s most concentrated attack on the scientific. The dilettantes who frequent lady tantamounts society parties are determined to push forward the moral frontiers of the age. In his most ambitious and complex work, huxley offers a vision of life from a number of different points of view, using a large cast of characters who are compared to instruments in an orchestra, each playing his separate portion of the larger piece.
Huxleys insights on society and people are so on target and so truthful, its amazing. Comparisons have been made between the character everard webley and his brotherhood of british freemen and oswald mosley and the british union of fascists. Point counter point 1928 is the third huxley novel i have read in close succession, following crome yellow 1921 and eyeless in gaza 1936. Aldous huxley sad to say, at the moment we do not possess information about the musician aldous huxley.
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True, we may hardly lift an eyebrow at poor marjorie carling leaving her husband to live in sin withand get pregnant byher. Aldous huxley author aldous huxley came to literary fame in 1921 with his first novel, crome yellow. In point counter point, huxley concentrates his social critique on the extreme actions that political commitment combined with personal vengeance can drive men to commit. The aim of this book is not idle amusement for the sophisticated, but a grasping of. Aldous huxleys point counter point, the authors longest novel, is one of his more complex and serious satires. Huxleys tragicomic performance of the human fugue sanford e.
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Aldous huxleys vision of a future human race controlled by global capitalism is every bit as prescient as orwells more famous dystopia, writes robert mccrum published. Huxleys style is at once dry and rich, intellectual and sensuous, scholarly and romantic. In huxleys books, its not just the plot that captivates. Point counter point vintage classics huxley, aldous isbn. Like lawrence, alias mark rampion, huxley, who put a lot of himself in philip quarles, the novelist in the novel, found that the pursuit of science was a.
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Aldous huxley 18941963 was an english writer who spent the latter part of his life in the united states. This meant that every day i was free at around midday to go home. Best known for his novels and wideranging output of essays, he also published short stories, poetry, travel writing, and film stories and scripts. Point counter point by aldous huxley, paperback barnes. A sophisticated novel for a sophisticated age 1928 with rational. Crome yellow huxleys first novel about the love affair of denis stone and anne wimbush, whos uncle throws a party at his estate, bringing together a humorous cast of characters.
It is far closer to eyeless in gaza than to crome yellow in character. Aldous huxleys point counter point, the authors longest novel, is one of. Publication date 1928 topics cdac collection digitallibraryindia. Point counter point, huxleys greatest novelistic success except for brave new world, is a complex work involving a multitude of characters who represent various extremes of imbalance in earthly. Aldous huxley project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Though best known for brave new world, he also wrote countless works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and essays. Immediately download the point counter point summary, chapterbychapter analysis, book notes, essays, quotes, character descriptions, lesson plans, and more everything you need for studying or teaching point counter point. Learning counterpoint on your own art of composing. Free download or read online point counter point pdf epub book. One of huxleys masterpiecesone of the modern librarys 100 best works of the century. Point counter point, published in 1928, is the longest and most ambitious of the four social satires aldous huxley published in the 1920s. It is huxleys longest novel, and was notably more complex and serious than his earlier fiction. Whats truly remarkable, however, is how his novel continues to shock today. Aldous huxley s point counter point, the authors longest novel, is one of his more complex and serious satires.
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