Aldous Huxley: A Biography

by Dana Sawyer

This is a new copy, signed by the Author. Aldous Huxley was born in Britain in 1894 into a world of privilege and class. The grandson of evolutionist T. H. Huxley and the great-nephew of poet Matthew Arnold, Huxley bore a great sense of moral obligation. In this accessible new biography, Sawyer explores Huxley's life and the impact it had on his writings, including his classic, Brave New World , which celebrated its 70th anniversary recently.

Genres: Biography

208 pages, Paperback

First published September 25, 2002

Reviews

[B · Rating 5 out of 5]

A concise and fascinating biography.

[Lily Holliday · Rating 5 out of 5]

I just finished reading my old friend Dana Sawyer's biography of Huxley. What a great book! Considering that Huxley is someone I have always admired greatly, it makes sense that I would appreciate a book that chronicles his life from his early days on the edge of the Bloomsbury group through his intellectual and spiritual journey, culminating, by the end of his life in California, with a great body of knowledge dedicated to mysticism: its definition, experience, and real-life-benefits. I appreciated this chronological exposition highly, but the quality of Sawyer's writing and the solidity of his research makes the book accessible, absorbing, and illuminating.