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Island a novel

For over a hundred years the Pacific island of Pala has been the scene of a unique experiment in civilisation. Its inhabitants live in a society where western science has been brought together with eastern philosophy and humanism to create a paradise on earth.

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  • "Island"
  • "Island"@he
  • "Island"@it

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  • "For over a hundred years the Pacific island of Pala has been the scene of a unique experiment in civilisation. Its inhabitants live in a society where western science has been brought together with eastern philosophy and humanism to create a paradise on earth."@en
  • "In his final novel, which he considered his most important, Aldous Huxley transports us to the remote Pacific island of Pala, where an ideal society has flourished for 120 years. </ Inevitably, this island of bliss attracts the envy and enmity of the surrounding world. A conspiracy is underway to take over Pala, and events are set in motion when an agent of the conspirators, a newspaperman named Faranby, is shipwrecked there. What Faranby doesn't expect is how his time with the people of Pala will revolutionize all his values and'to his amazement'give him hope. </"@en
  • "For 120 years, an ideal society has flourished on a Pacific island where drug use and open sex are encouraged, and children are not at the mercy of one set of parents. Inevitably, this island of bliss attracts the envy and enmity of the surrounding world. A conspiracy is underway to take over Pala and events begin to move when an agent of the conspirators, a newspaperman named Faranby, is shipwrecked there. What Faranby doesn't expect is how his time with the people of Pala will revolutionize all his values and give him hope."@en
  • "For 120 years, an ideal society has flourished on a Pacific island where drug use and open sex are encouraged, and children are not at the mercy of one set of parents. Inevitably, this island of bliss attracts the envy and enmity of the surrounding world. A conspiracy is underway to take over Pala and events begin to move when an agent of the conspirators, a newspaperman named Faranby, is shipwrecked there. What Faranby doesn't expect is how his time with the people of Pala will revolutionize all his values and give him hope."
  • "Island begins when an Englishman intentionally shipwrecks himself on the shores of the isolated Pala, determined to procure access to its oil supplies for his employer. He does not expect what he finds--a small slice of paradise on earth. A counterpart to his dystopia, Brave New World Random House of Canada is proud to bring you classic works of literature in ebook form, with the highest quality production values. Find more today and rediscover books you never knew you loved."@en
  • "For over a hundred years the Pacific island of Pala has been the scene of a unique experiment in civilisation. Its inhabitants live in a society where western science has been brought together with eastern philosophy and humanism to create a paradise on earth. When cynical journalist Will Farnaby arrives to search for information about potential oil reserves on Pala, he quickly falls in love with the way of life on the island. Soon the need to complete his mission becomes an intolerable burden... In counterpoint to Brave New World and Ape and Essence, in Island Huxley gives us his vision of utopia."@en
  • "For over a hundred years the Pacific island of Pala has been the scene of a unique experiment in civilisation. Its inhabitants live in a society where western science has been brought together with eastern philosophy and humanism to create a paradise on earth. When cynical journalist Will Farnaby arrives to search for information about potential oil reserves on Pala, he quickly falls in love with the way of life on the island. Soon the need to complete his mission becomes an intolerable burden ... In counterpoint to Brave New World and Ape and Essence, in Island Huxley gives us his vision of utopia."
  • "While shipwrecked on the island of Pala, Will Farnaby, a disenchanted journalist, discovers a utopian society that has flourished for the past 120 years. Although he at first disregards the possibility of an ideal society, as Farnaby spends time with the people of Pala his ideas about humanity change. The final novel written by Aldous Huxley, Island was penned as a counterpart to his most famous work Brave New World, which depicted a dystopian society transformed by the momentum of technological and industrial development. HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library."@en
  • "Utopian novel in which a British journalist stumbles into Pala, atropical paradise."@en
  • "Roman over het leven op een utopisch eiland, waar de paradijselijke samenleving bedreigd wordt door het rationalisme van het kapitalistische systeem."
  • "Penguin books in association with Chatto & Windus."
  • "A shipwrecked journalist discovers the beauty and serenity promoted by science on the island of Pala."@en
  • "The author's last novel introduces a supposedly Utopian Pacific island where drug use and open sex are encouraged, and children are not at the mercy of one set of parents. In Island, his last novel, Huxley transports us to a Pacific island where, for 120 years, an ideal society has flourished. Inevitably, this island of bliss attracts the envy and enmity of the surrounding world. A conspiracy is underway to take over Pala and events begin to move when an agent of the conspirators, a newspaperman named Faranby, is shipwrecked there. What Faranby doesn't expect is how his time with the people of Pala will revolutionize all his values and -- to his amazement -- give him hope."
  • "Roman over het leven op een utopisch eiland, waar de paradijselijke samenleving bedreigd wordt door het rationalisme en het kapitalistische systeem."

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  • "Tekstuitgave"
  • "Anglické romány"
  • "Romans (teksten)"
  • "Novels"
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Powieść amerykańska"
  • "Utopian literature"
  • "Utopias"
  • "Utopias"@en
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "English fiction"
  • "English fiction"@he
  • "Samfundskritik og -satire"@da
  • "Popular literature"
  • "Science fiction"@en
  • "Science fiction"
  • "Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)"@en
  • "Powieść angielska"@pl
  • "Powieść angielska"
  • "Vertalingen (vorm)"
  • "Genres littéraires"
  • "Utopian fiction"@en
  • "Utopian fiction"

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  • "Aillaendŭ"
  • "Île"
  • "Ile"
  • "Island : A Novel"
  • "al-Jazīrah"
  • "Ø : en roman"@da
  • "Island a novel"@en
  • "Island a novel"
  • "Wyspa"@pl
  • "L'isola"
  • "L'isola"@it
  • "Island a Novel"
  • "Island : a novel by Aldous Huxley"
  • "Island; a novel"@en
  • "Island; a novel"
  • "A Ilha"@pt
  • "L'isola : romanzo"
  • "L'isola : romanzo"@it
  • "아일랜드"
  • "ILE"
  • "<&gt"@he
  • "Eiland"
  • "Illa"
  • "Illa"@ca
  • "Île : roman"
  • "La Isla"@es
  • "La Isla"
  • "אי"
  • "Ostrov"
  • "Island, a novel"@en
  • "Island : A novel"
  • "La isla"
  • "La isla"@es
  • "Otok"
  • "Otok"@hr
  • "Island : a novel"
  • "Island : a novel"@en
  • "Eiland Roman"
  • "A ilha"
  • "Ön"
  • "Ön"@sv
  • "Eiland : Roman"
  • "Island. A novel"
  • "Island. A novel"@en
  • "Island"@es
  • "Island"@en
  • "Island"
  • "Ø : ein roman"
  • "Ile : roman"
  • "Island: a novel"
  • "Eiland; roman"
  • "Kŭmji toen sŏm"
  • "Ø"@da
  • "I"
  • "Ei"
  • "al-Jazı̄rah"

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