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Brave new world

by Aldous Huxley

Set in a future where social stability is maintained through cloning and psychological conditioning, this novel follows two citizens who visit a primitive reservation. It explores the consequences of a technologically controlled utopia on human nature.

Accession 11346 ISBN 0140010521 Publisher Penguin
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