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Aldous Huxley

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Born
1894

Died
1963

Publications
Novels, travel writing, poetry, plays, philosophy

Writing language
English

Writing place
English

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Literature

Point Counter Point (1928)

Brave New World (1932)

Eyeless in Gaza (1936)

Novels

Point Counter Point (1928)

Brave New World (1932)

Eyeless in Gaza (1936)

Nonfiction

The Doors of Perception (1954)

British Literature

Point Counter Point (1928)

Brave New World (1932)

Eyeless in Gaza (1936)

Humour and Satire

Brave New World (1932)

Philosophical Fiction

Brave New World (1932)

Science Fiction

Brave New World (1932)

Utopian and Dystopian Fiction

Brave New World (1932)

Island (1962)

Works published in book form

The Burning Wheel, poetry collection, 1916

Jonash, essay collection, 1917

The Defeat of Youth, and Other Poems, poetry collection, 1918

Limbo, story and play collection, 1920

Leda, poetry collection, 1920

Crome Yellow, novel, 1921

Mortal Coils, story and play collection, 1922

Antic Hay, novel, 1923

On the Margin, essay collection, 1923

Little Mexican and Other Stories, story and novella collection, also known as Young Archimedes, 1924

The Discovery, play, 1924, adapted from Frances Sheridan play (1763)

Those Barren Leaves, novel, 1925

Selected Poems, poetry collection, 1925

Essays New and Old, essay collection, 1925

Along the Road: Along the Road: Notes and Essays of a Tourist, travel writing, 1925

Jesting Pilate, travel writing, 1926

Proper Studies: The Proper Study of Mankind Is Man, essay collection, 1926

Point Counter Point, novel, 1928

Arabia Infelix and Other Poems, poetry collection, 1929

Do What You Will, essay collection, 1929

Holy Face and Other Essays, essay collection, 1929

Brief Candles, story and novella collection, 1930

Vulgarity in Literature: Digressions from a Theme, essay collection, 1930

The World of Light, play, 1931

The Cicadas and Other Poems, poetry collection, 1931

Music at Night and Other Essays, essay collection, 19301

Brave New World, novel, 1932

Beyond the Mexique Bay, travel writing, 1934

Eyeless in Gaza, novel, 1936

After the Fireworks: Three Novellas, novella collection, 1936

What Are You Going to Do About It? The Case for Reconstructive Peace, essay, 1936

The Olive Tree and Other Essays, essay collection, 1936

Ends and Means: An Enquiry into the Nature of Ideals and the Methods Employed for Their Realization, essay collection, 1937

After Many a Summer Novel, also known as After Many a Summer Dies the Swan, 1939

Words and Their Meaning, essay collection, 1940

Grey Eminence: A Study in Religion and Politics, biography, 1941

The Art of Seeing: An Adventure in Re-education, nonfiction, 1942

Time Must Have a Stop, novel, 1944

The Perennial Philosophy, nonfiction, 1945

Ape and Essence, novel, 1948

Mortal Coils, play, 1948, adaptation of "The Gioconda Smile" (1921)

The Double Crisis, essay collection, 1949

Themes and Variations, essay collection, 1950

The Devils of Loudun, novel, 1952

The Doors of Perception, memoir, 1954

The Genius and the Goddess, novel, 1955

Adonis and the Alphabet and Other Essays , essay collection, also known as Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, 1956

Heaven and Hell, essay, 1956

Collected Short Stories, story collection, 1957

The Genius and the Goddess, play, 1958, adaptation of the novel, with Betty Wendel

Collected Essays, essay collection, 1958

Brave New World Revisited , nonfiction, 1958

On Art and Artists: Literature, Painting, Architecture, Music, essay collection, 1960

Island, novel, 1962

Literature and Science, essay collection, 1963

The Crows of Pearblossom, storybook, illustrated by Barbara Cooney, 1967, story written in 1944

The Ambassador of Captripedia , play, 1967

Moksha: Writings on Psychedelics and the Visionary Experience 1931–1963 , essay collection, 1977

The Human Situation: Lectures at Santa Barbara, 1959, lectures, 1977

Huxley and God: Essays, essay collection, 1991

Now More Than Ever, play, 2000, written 1932–1933

Selected Letters, letters, 2007

 

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