Brave New World (Dramatized) Audiobook, by Aldous Huxley Play Audiobook Sample

Brave New World (Dramatized) Audiobook

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Read By: Aldous Huxley Publisher: Radio Spirits Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 0.67 hours at 1.5x Speed 0.50 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: December 2006 Format: Original Staging Audiobook ISBN:

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For its premiere episodes, The CBS Radio Workshop aired a two-part adaptation of Brave New World, featuring its author, Aldous Huxley, as narrator. The musical score was created by Academy Award-winner Bernard Hermann, whose film credits included Psycho and Citizen Kane.

CBS Radio Workshop aired from January 27, 1956, through September 22, 1957, and was a revival of the prestigious Columbia Workshop from the 1930s and 1940s. The program regularly featured the works of the world's greatest writers, including Ray Bradbury, Archibald MacLeish, William Saroyan, Lord Dunsany, and Ambrose Bierce.

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"I'm doing a tour of utopian and dytopian novels. This one was first...I need to digest some of my thoughts on this and then I'll write more about it, though one thing that is interesting (that I was previously unaware of) is that Aldous Huxley was George Orwell's teacher. "

— Heather (4 out of 5 stars)

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  • Overall Performance: 2 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 5

    " Felt I needed to read this book, a flagrant hole in my library of dystopia. Interesting ideas but the characters are flat and the story weak. "

    — John, 6/30/2011
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " alittle scarey...published in the 1930's & still current in a creepy sort of way??!!! "

    — melody, 6/28/2011
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " Fascinating and frightening in its implications for religion, love, and individuality, among others. "

    — Marco, 6/27/2011
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " Honestly, I thought it was a lesser version of 1984. "

    — Sonya, 6/27/2011
  • Overall Performance: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5

    " One of the all-time great dystopian novels. It's definitely a classic for good reason. "

    — Mimy, 6/27/2011
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " Very scary but also very eye-opening. Used in the class unit of my course "Us & Them: Studies on Identity". Borrowed from erf. "

    — Grace, 6/24/2011
  • Overall Performance: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5

    " Perfect vision of the future. Extremaly interesting "

    — Deborah, 6/22/2011
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " I thought this book was captivating in the world that it portrayed. However, when I first read it i was, well, nave, and later came to find out that much of the book portrayed loose sex practices. Needless to say I never read it nor will I ever read it again. "

    — Wesanderika, 6/22/2011

About Aldous Huxley

Aldous Leonard Huxley (1894–1963) was an English poet, novelist, dramatist, essayist, and humanist philosopher. He attended Eton and Oxford and briefly taught at Eton before devoting himself solely to writing. His fifth novel, Brave New World, is one of the most read books in literary history.