Aldous Huxley: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Studies of the author’s life include Ronald W. Clark, The Huxleys (1968); Sybille Bedford, Aldous Huxley: A Biography (1974, reissued 2002); and Nicholas Murray, Aldous Huxley: An English Intellectual (2002). David Bradshaw (ed.), The Hidden Huxley: Contempt and Compassion for the Masses, 1920–36 (1994), is a collection of Huxley’s writing that gives a fascinating insight into the contradictions in his thought. Useful accounts of Huxley’s attitude toward cinema and of his career in Hollywood are Virginia M. Clark, Aldous Huxley and Film (1987); and David King Dunaway, Huxley in Hollywood (1989).

Major Works

The Defeat of Youth (1918); Limbo (1920); Crome Yellow (1921); Antic Hay (1923); Jesting Pilate (1926); Point Counter Point (1928); Brave New World (1932); Eyeless in Gaza (1936); Grey Eminence (1941); The Perennial Philosophy (1946); Ape and Essence (1949); The Doors of Perception (1954); Collected Essays (1958); Literature and Science (1963).

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Invalidated site: Yale University - CampusPress - Aldous Huxley. Sep 23, 2026
Anniversary information added. Jul 22, 2026
Add new Web site: Open Library Publishing Platform - English Literature: Victorians and Moderns - Biography of Aldous Huxley. Jun 06, 2026
Anniversary information added. Nov 18, 2025
Add new Web site: Humanities LibreTexts - Aldous Huxley (1894–1963). Nov 07, 2025
Add new Web site: ABC listen - Late Night Live - CLASSIC LNL: Centenary of the birth of Aldous Huxley. Jun 13, 2025
Add new Web site: Academia - Aldous Huxley: A Biography (PDF). Apr 19, 2025
Add new Web site: CORE - Aldous Huxley (1894-1963). Sep 13, 2024
Add new Web site: Yale University - CampusPress - Aldous Huxley. May 09, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Mar 14, 2024
Add new Web site: Literary Devices - Aldous Huxley. Oct 10, 2023
Add new Web site: The Open University - Making Britain - Biography of Aldous Huxley. May 23, 2023
Add new Web site: National Endowment for the Humanities - The Talented Mr. Huxley. Apr 01, 2023
Add new Web site: The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction - Aldous Huxley. Sep 06, 2022
Add new Web site: The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction - Aldous Huxley. Sep 06, 2022
Add new Web site: Famous Authors - Aldous Huxley. Feb 05, 2021
Description of Huxley's final novel added. Jan 07, 2020
Add new Web site: The Oral Cancer Foundation - Biography of Aldous Huxley. Feb 06, 2019
Article revised. Jan 04, 2017
Bibliography revised. Jan 04, 2017
Add new Web site: Aldous Huxley | somaweb.org | Extensive information including, biography, online texts, discussion forum, video, links, bibliography and articles, with Brave New World content. Apr 23, 2014
Add new Web site: The European Graduate School - Biography of Aldous Huxley. Apr 23, 2014
Add new Web site: The Literature Network - Biography of Aldous Huxley. Feb 12, 2013
Add new Web site: The European Graduate School - Biography of Aldous Huxley. Nov 24, 2011
Add new Web site: Spartacus Educational - Biography of Aldous Huxley. Sep 22, 2011
Add new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of Aldous Huxley. Sep 21, 2011
Article revised and updated. Nov 10, 2006
Bibliography revised. Nov 10, 2006
Added new Web site: Page by Page Books - Crome Yellow. May 11, 2006
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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