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Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)

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Aldous Huxley was born on July 26, 1894, in Surrey, England, into a distinguished scientific and literary family; his grandfather was the noted scientist and writer, T.H. Huxley. Following an eye illness at age 16 that resulted in near-blindness, Huxley abandoned hope of a career in medicine and vis mere turned instead to literature, attending Oxford University and graduating with honors. While at Oxford, he published two volumes of poetry. Crome Yellow, his first novel, was published in 1927 followed by Antic Hay, Those Barren Leaves, and Point Counter Point. His most famous novel, Brave New World, published in 1932, is a science fiction classic about a futuristic society controlled by technology. In all, Huxley produced 47 works during his long career, In 1947, Huxley moved with his family to southern California. During the 1950s, he experimented with mescaline and LSD. Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell, both works of nonfiction, were based on his experiences while taking mescaline under supervision. In 1959, Aldous Huxley received the Award of Merit for the Novel from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He died on November 22, 1963. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
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Værker af Aldous Huxley

Fagre nye verden (1932) 53,619 eksemplarer
Ø (1962) 4,224 eksemplarer
Gensyn med fagre nye verden (1958) 2,815 eksemplarer
Kontrapunkt (1928) 2,579 eksemplarer
Crome Yellow (1921) 1,995 eksemplarer
Djævlene fra Loudun (1952) 1,493 eksemplarer
Dyret og sjælen (1948) 1,313 eksemplarer
Vi blindede trælle (1936) 1,308 eksemplarer
Antic Hay (1923) 1,307 eksemplarer
Efter mangen en sommer (1939) 1,191 eksemplarer
Erkendelsens døre (1954) 1,097 eksemplarer
Tidens nar (1944) 597 eksemplarer
De golde (1925) — Forfatter — 592 eksemplarer
The Genius and the Goddess (1955) — Forfatter — 495 eksemplarer
The Art of Seeing (1942) 406 eksemplarer
The Crows of Pearblossom (1967) 342 eksemplarer
Grey Eminence (1941) 284 eksemplarer
Brief Candles (1930) — Forfatter — 242 eksemplarer
Collected Short Stories (1957) 237 eksemplarer
Music at Night and Other Essays (1931) 186 eksemplarer
Jacob's Hands (1998) 181 eksemplarer
Fyrværkeri (1922) 178 eksemplarer
Collected Essays (1959) 171 eksemplarer
Jesting Pilate (1926) — Forfatter — 145 eksemplarer
Heaven and Hell (1956) — Forfatter — 144 eksemplarer
Mexico i Kikkerten (1934) 134 eksemplarer
Along the Road: Notes and Essays of a Tourist (Ecco Travels) (1925) — Forfatter — 132 eksemplarer
Huxley and God: Essays (1901) 121 eksemplarer
The Human Situation (1977) 119 eksemplarer
Texts and Pretexts (1932) 105 eksemplarer
Literature and Science (1963) 91 eksemplarer
Pride and Prejudice [1940 film] (1940) — Screenwriter — 84 eksemplarer
Two or Three Graces (1926) — Forfatter — 82 eksemplarer
Videnskaben, Friheden og Freden (1946) 80 eksemplarer
Brave New World [Penguin Readers] (1999) 76 eksemplarer
Limbo (1920) 68 eksemplarer
Jane Eyre [1943 film] (1943) — Screenwriter — 64 eksemplarer
The Gioconda Smile {short story} (1901) — Forfatter — 61 eksemplarer
Do What You Will (1929) 59 eksemplarer
100 Eternal Masterpieces of Literature - volume 1 (2017) — Bidragyder — 56 eksemplarer
Proper Studies (1927) 52 eksemplarer
On the margin : notes and essays (1923) 51 eksemplarer
Twice Seven (1944) 51 eksemplarer
On Art and Artists (1960) 44 eksemplarer
Stories, Essays, and Poems (1921) 42 eksemplarer
Themes and Variations (1777) 42 eksemplarer
Letters of Aldous Huxley (1969) 40 eksemplarer
The Olive Tree and Other Essays (1936) 40 eksemplarer
Little Mexican (1924) 39 eksemplarer
Adonis and the alphabet (1956) 37 eksemplarer
The Hidden Huxley (1994) 33 eksemplarer
Young Archimedes and Other Stories (1924) 32 eksemplarer
Great Short Works of Aldous Huxley (1972) 27 eksemplarer
The World of Aldous Huxley (1921) 27 eksemplarer
Now More Than Ever (2000) 23 eksemplarer
Antic Hay / The Gioconda Smile (1951) 23 eksemplarer
Psychedelics: Vintage Minis (2017) 21 eksemplarer
Leda (1920) 20 eksemplarer
Selected Letters of Aldous Huxley (2007) 19 eksemplarer
An encyclopaedia of pacifism (1937) 18 eksemplarer
Mi Tio Spencer (1933) 17 eksemplarer
The burning wheel (1916) 16 eksemplarer
The Gioconda Smile: A Play (1948) 14 eksemplarer
Essays New and Old (1926) 12 eksemplarer
Words and their meanings (2018) 10 eksemplarer
Brave New World. Ab 11. Schuljahr (2007) 9 eksemplarer
Reiskoorts : bekende schrijvers over de kunst van het reizen (1986) — Bidragyder — 9 eksemplarer
Essays 7 eksemplarer
Prisons (1949) 7 eksemplarer
Crome Yellow | Antic Hay (1968) 7 eksemplarer
Contos escolhidos (2014) 6 eksemplarer
Selected Essays (1961) 5 eksemplarer
Pacifism and Philosophy (1994) 5 eksemplarer
A Conversation on D. H. Lawrence (1974) 5 eksemplarer
Un Mundo feliz ; Mono y esencia (2000) 5 eksemplarer
Arabia Infelix And Other Poems (1929) 4 eksemplarer
The Monocle (1959) 4 eksemplarer
CUENTOS SELECTOS (2014) 4 eksemplarer
Obras Completas Vol III (1969) 3 eksemplarer
Jonah (2001) 3 eksemplarer
ALDOUS HUXLEY OBRAS MAESTRAS (2013) 3 eksemplarer
The Aldous Huxley Collection (2019) 3 eksemplarer
Den mexikanska hatten 3 eksemplarer
Aldous Huxley 3 eksemplarer
Novelas I Aldous Huxley (1957) 3 eksemplarer
The Rest Cure (1985) 3 eksemplarer
The Tillotson Banquet (1953) 3 eksemplarer
Obras completas 3 eksemplarer
Brave New World & 1984 (2020) 2 eksemplarer
Point Counter Point : vol 1 (1929) 2 eksemplarer
Divatok a szerelemben Esszék (1984) 2 eksemplarer
EL TIEMPO Y LA MAQUINA (1945) 2 eksemplarer
EDEBİYAT VE BİLİM (2016) 2 eksemplarer
Meistererzählungen (1984) 2 eksemplarer
Obras completas. I 2 eksemplarer
ME E MIRA E BOTEVE 2 eksemplarer
Cynthia (1988) 2 eksemplarer
Fard 2 eksemplarer
Selected Poems (1925) 2 eksemplarer
Nuns at Luncheon (2013) 2 eksemplarer
Himmel og helvede 1 eksemplar
Djevlene fra Loudun 1 eksemplar
El precio del progreso (2022) 1 eksemplar
Le Meilleur d'Aldous Huxley (2023) 1 eksemplar
Eminência Parda (1900) 1 eksemplar
L'Arte di vivere 1 eksemplar
Las manos de Jacob (1998) 1 eksemplar
La situación humana (1980) 1 eksemplar
Czas musi stanąć (2022) 1 eksemplar
Zaman Artık Durmalı (2023) 1 eksemplar
Un mundo feliz 1 eksemplar
Novelas Tomo I 1 eksemplar
The French of Paris 1 eksemplar
A Day in Windsor 1 eksemplar
The Dwarfs 1 eksemplar
Antologia do conto moderno — Forfatter — 1 eksemplar
Cartas 1 eksemplar
Si restul e tacere 1 eksemplar
Cicadas and Other Poems (1931) 1 eksemplar
U prilog duhu (2015) 1 eksemplar
Poesía completa (2011) 1 eksemplar
Novelas II 1 eksemplar
Verhalen 1 eksemplar
Pripovjetke 1 eksemplar
The Albatross almanac for 1935 (1935) 1 eksemplar
Essays : [in drei Bänden] (1994) 1 eksemplar
The Claxtons 1 eksemplar
Half-Holiday 1 eksemplar
Fairy Godmother 1 eksemplar
Chawdron (2011) 1 eksemplar
Brave New World 1 eksemplar
A arte de ver 1 eksemplar
Markmid og Leidir 1 eksemplar
Uncollected Stories 1 eksemplar
1977 1 eksemplar
1965 1 eksemplar
O Céu e o Inferno 1 eksemplar
On Language (1961) 1 eksemplar
Unser Glaube 1 eksemplar
The Burning Wheel and Leda (2020) 1 eksemplar
Brave New World (Dramatized) (2012) 1 eksemplar

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The Oxford Book of English Love Stories (1996) — Bidragyder — 35 eksemplarer
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Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery, and Horror (1928) — Bidragyder — 32 eksemplarer
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A Book of Essays (1963) — Bidragyder — 26 eksemplarer
The Seas of God: Great Stories of the Human Spirit (1944) — Bidragyder — 25 eksemplarer
A Virgin Heart (1925) — Oversætter, nogle udgaver23 eksemplarer
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Twentieth Century Interpretations of 1984 (1971) — Bidragyder — 19 eksemplarer
The Future is Now: America Confronts the New Genetics (2002) — Bidragyder — 17 eksemplarer
Great Classic Stories II: Eighteen Unabridged Classics (2010) — Bidragyder — 15 eksemplarer
Future Media (2011) — Bidragyder — 14 eksemplarer
The Panorama of Modern Literature (1934) — Bidragyder — 14 eksemplarer
Mehr Morde (1961) — Bidragyder — 13 eksemplarer
Trees: A Celebration (1989) — Bidragyder — 13 eksemplarer
Travel in Vogue (1981) — Forfatter — 11 eksemplarer
Great Classic Mysteries: Thirteen Unabridged Stories (2010) — Forfatter, nogle udgaver9 eksemplarer
England forteller : britiske og irske noveller (1970) — Bidragyder — 9 eksemplarer
Mystery in the Mainstream: An Anthology of Literary Crimes (1986) — Bidragyder — 9 eksemplarer
Murder Without Tears (1946) — Bidragyder — 9 eksemplarer
Meesters der Engelse vertelkunst (1957) — Bidragyder — 8 eksemplarer
Food in Vogue: Six Decades of Cooking and Entertaining (1976) — Bidragyder — 8 eksemplarer
Writer to Writer: Readings on the Craft of Writing (1966) — Bidragyder — 8 eksemplarer
The Black Cabinet (1989) — Bidragyder — 7 eksemplarer
The London Omnibus (1932) — Bidragyder — 7 eksemplarer
Bachelor's Quarters: Stories from Two Worlds (1944) — Bidragyder — 7 eksemplarer
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Quintet: 5 of the World's Greatest Short Novels (1956) — Bidragyder — 6 eksemplarer
The Ambassador (1961) — Bidragyder — 5 eksemplarer
The discovery: a comedy in five acts (1924) — Adaptation, nogle udgaver5 eksemplarer
The Best from Cosmopolitan — Bidragyder — 4 eksemplarer
Huivering wekken : 26 onthutsende verhalen (1982) — Bidragyder — 4 eksemplarer
30 Eternal Masterpieces of Humorous Stories (2017) — Bidragyder — 4 eksemplarer
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American Aphrodite (Volume Three, Number Nine) (1953) — Bidragyder — 2 eksemplarer
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