UNDERSTANDING ALDOUS HUXLEY’S BRAVE NEW WORLD (Pages 18-26) by Dr. Vishal Pandya in THE ENGLISH INDIA / ISSN: 2321-1172 (Online); 2347-2634 (Print)

Huxley’s novel is chiefly a critique of the socialist policies that states had begun to advocate in the early twentieth century. ‘Brave New World’ is Aldous Huxley’s fifth novel, written in 1931 and published in 1932. Set in London of AD 2540 (632 A.F. in the book), the novel anticipates developments in reproductive technology and sleep-learning that combine to change society. The future society is an embodiment of the ideals that form the basis of futurology. Huxley answered this book with a reassessment in an essay, Brave New World Revisited (1958. In 1999, the Modern Library ranked Brave New World fifth on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, published in 1932, is a dystopian novel set six hundred years in the future. The novel envisions a world that, in its quest for social stability and peace, has created a society devoid of emotion, love, beauty, and true relationships.best English-language novels of the 20th century. Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, published in 1932, is a dystopian novel set six hundred years in the future. The novel envisions a world that, in its quest for social stability and peace, has created a society devoid of emotion, love, beauty, and true relationships.Keywords: Dystopia, Commodification, Freedom, Utilitarianism.