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By Michael Wainwright - February 17, 2003

Although the stark imagery of Aldous Huxley’s classic Brave New World may seem difficult to match with reality, it is not surprising that the inspirations for this dark, bitter work were bred in the author’s own life and times. Born on July 26, 1894, Aldous Leonard Huxley was thrust into the world of the British intelligentsia, a world that…

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