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Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 11
Physical Desc
xxi, 340 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Huxley's vision of the future comes to life in his astonishing 1931 novel Brave New World--a world of tomorrow in which capitalist civilization has been reconstituted through the most efficient scientific and psychological engineering--and its sequel, written thirty years after his classic novel of the future, in which Huxley describes the shocking scientific devices and techniques available to any group in a position to manipulate society.
Huxley's...
Author
Publisher
AudioGO
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
4 CDs (4 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This is a collection of five pieces, which were written by Aldous Huxley in the 1920s. The first one, "The Giaconda Smile," is a short murder story. "Permutations among the Nightingales" is a play concerning amorous problems had by patrons of a certain establishment. "The Tillotson Banquet" tells of an old artist who was thought to be dead. "Green Tunnels" is about the boredom of a young girl on holiday with her family. "Nuns at Luncheon" is a story...
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Standard version.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 118 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story of the five Bennett sisters living in early 19th century England. Their mother is scheming to make prestigious marriages for them. Focuses on Elizabeth Bennett, who mistakenly finds the rich Mr. Darcy an oaf, even as he sets all the other fair maidens' hearts aflutter.
18) Jane Eyre
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
Fullscreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (96 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Jane comes to Thornfield Hall as a governess to the young ward of Edward Rochester. Denied love all her life, Jane can't help but be attracted to the intelligent, vibrant, energetic Mr. Rochester, a man twice her age. But just when Mr. Rochester seems to be returning the attention, he invites the beautiful and wealthy Blanche Ingram and her party to stay at his estates. Meanwhile, the secret of Thornfield Hall could ruin all their chances for happiness....
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A piercing portrayal of a group gathered in an Italian palace by the socially ambitious and self-professed lover of art, Mrs. Aldwinkle. Here, she yearns to capture the glories of the Italian Renaissance, but her guests ultimately fail to fulfill her naive expectations.
20) Brave new world
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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Six hundred years into the future, humans are bred by cloning, and "mother" and "father" are forbidden words. Originally published in 1932, Huxley's terrifying vision of a controlled and emotionless future "Utopian" society is truly startling in its prediction of modern scientific and cultural phenomena, including test-tube babies and rampant drug abuse.
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