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Island

Aldous Huxley

1962286 pagesabout 4–7 hours
1962
first published
  • 1962Chatto and Windus · 286 pages · ENG
  • 1972Harper & Row · 295 pages · ENGISBN 9780608310145
  • 1976Triad/Panther · 336 pages · ENGISBN 9780586044391
  • 1980Longman · 291 pages · ENGISBN 9780582351547
  • 1999Hartley & Marks · ENGISBN 9780881791839
  • 2002Perennial · 354 pages · ENGISBN 9780060085490
  • 2008Vintage Books · 304 pages · ENGISBN 9780099477778
  • 1989Harper Perennial · 295 pages · ENGISBN 9780060809850

The final novel from Aldous Huxley, Island is a provocative counterpoint to his worldwide classic Brave New World, in which a flourishing, ideal society located on a remote Pacific island attracts the envy of the outside world.

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Reading situationRead aloud
ThemesSurvival
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