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Author: Aldous Huxley

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Antic Hay

Aldous Huxley

Antic Hayis a comic novel published in 1923, which pokes fun at conventional morals and uptight people. The story is set in London and depicts the cultural elite and their feelings of disaffection and uncertainty after the turbulent times following World War I.

The characters are a group of acquaintances belonging to artistic and intellectual circles, more specifically it follows Theodore Gumbril and his search for love. He disguises himself as "The Complete Man" to overcome his shyness and approach women, however, he faces the problem of how to reveal his true self to his friends.

Among the themes it includes are disillusionment, the experience of feeling adrift, self-doubt, etc. This book was condemned and banned in some countries for immorality because of its open discussion of sex.

Crome Yellow

Aldous Huxley

The book's cover photograph shows Aldous Huxley with two other young men at Garsington Manor, the mansion of Lady Ottoline Morrell, the author of the photograph.

It was 1917, in the midst of the World War, and members of the Bloomsbury group, including Bertrand Russell and the Bells, spent much of their time there.

in Crome Yellow, the author recreates the summer vacations of the young Denis Stone in the Crome mansion, a clear recreation of that house, and of the frivolous atmosphere that reigned there. Although it is Huxley's first novel, it is the work of a brilliant writer.

Limbo

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Limbo of 1920, Huxley's first collection of short fiction, consists of six short stories and a play. It includes: "Farcical History of Richard Greenow", about a man with dissociative identity disorder; one of his personalities is female and he has complete blackouts when she takes control.

"Happily Ever After," set during World War I, introduces us to two young men with completely opposite views of life; it is a play that reminds us to seize and enjoy life while we are young.

"The Bookshop", with quite attractive descriptive writing, deals with an impulse purchase; the symbolism of the bookshop, with its classical music, art and books, represents education, privilege and wealth, surrounded on all sides by the working classes, poverty and need. Other works include "The Death of Lully", "Eupompus Gave Splendour to Art by Numbers", "Happy Families" and "Cynthia".

Those Barren Leaves

Aldous Huxley

Those Barren Leaves is a novel in which the characters belong to the upper class. It tells the story of Mrs. Aldwinkle and her entourage, gathered in an Italian palace.

It is a work very typical of the author's peculiar way of doing things. It is enough for him to gather some characters in a certain place and make them speak, to achieve a work brimming with intelligence and intention.

His pen reveals the reality of beings who try to hide their faces under the mask of social hypocrisy. The deliberately refined framework in which the protagonists move and their high social and intellectual category accentuate the contrast.