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    A Rare Recording of Aldous Huxley Volume 3
    A Rare Recording of Aldous Huxley Volume 3
    A Rare Recording of Aldous Huxley Volume 3
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    A Rare Recording of Aldous Huxley Volume 3

    Written by Aldous Huxley

    Narrated by Aldous Huxley

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    Aldous Huxley (July 26, 1894 - November 22, 1963) was an English writer and philosopher. He was best known for his novels "Brave New World" and "The Doors of Perception." This recording is from a speech he gave, "What a Piece of Work Man Is." Earlier in his career Huxley edited the Oxford Poetry magazine, wrote travel articles, film stories, and scripts. He later became interested in spiritual subjects such as parapsychology and philosophical mysticism, including universalism. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in seven different years.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherListen & Live Audio
    Release dateMay 4, 2023
    ISBN9781593169305
    A Rare Recording of Aldous Huxley Volume 3
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    Aldous Huxley

    Aldous Huxley (1894–1963) is the author of the classic novels Brave New World, Island, Eyeless in Gaza, and The Genius and the Goddess, as well as such critically acclaimed nonfiction works as The Perennial Philosophy and The Doors of Perception. Born in Surrey, England, and educated at Oxford, he died in Los Angeles, California.

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