Set far in the future, in the twenty-sixth century, it depicts
a society in which people’s lives are completely controlled
by world government. Fetuses are created by artificial
fertilization in test tubes and ‘parents’ are unknown.
Society is divided into different levels, with each level
performing different functions, and children are given
whispered messages in their sleep that teach them to
be content with their place in society. The ‘happiness’
drug, soma, is freely distributed so that unhappiness is
never experienced. It is a society in which freedom has
been sacrificed for happiness and stability. Only a few
individuals dare to question the society in which they live.
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a society in which people’s lives are completely controlled
by world government. Fetuses are created by artificial
fertilization in test tubes and ‘parents’ are unknown.
Society is divided into different levels, with each level
performing different functions, and children are given
whispered messages in their sleep that teach them to
be content with their place in society. The ‘happiness’
drug, soma, is freely distributed so that unhappiness is
never experienced. It is a society in which freedom has
been sacrificed for happiness and stability. Only a few
individuals dare to question the society in which they live.
-from penguinreaders.com
You can read the book for free online:
http://huxley.net/bnw/one.html
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