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The genius and the goddess a novel

Thirty years ago, ecstasy and torment took hold of John Rivers, shocking him out of "half-baked imbecility into something more nearly resembling the human form." He had an affair with the wife of his mentor, Henry Maartens'a pathbreaking physicist, winner of the Nobel Prize, and a figure of blinding brilliance'bringing the couple to ruin. Now, on Christmas Eve while a small grandson sleeps upstairs, John Rivers is moved to set the record straight about the great man and the radiant, elemental creature he married, who viewed the renowned genius through undazzled eyes.

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  • "Ape and essence"@en
  • "Genius and the goddess"
  • "Genius and the goddess"@it
  • "Genius and the Goddess"

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  • "Thirty years ago, ecstasy and torment took hold of John Rivers, shocking him out of "half-baked imbecility into something more nearly resembling the human form." He had an affair with the wife of his mentor, Henry Maartens'a pathbreaking physicist, winner of the Nobel Prize, and a figure of blinding brilliance'bringing the couple to ruin. Now, on Christmas Eve while a small grandson sleeps upstairs, John Rivers is moved to set the record straight about the great man and the radiant, elemental creature he married, who viewed the renowned genius through undazzled eyes."@en
  • "Een jong chemicus vertelt hoe hij een grote rol speelde in de emotionele verwikkelingen van het gezin van een beroemd geleerde."
  • "Herinneringen van een oudere man aan de tijd dat hij in het gezin van een wonderlijke Nobelprijswinnaar verbleef."
  • "John Rivers has just earned his PhD when he is offered the position of laboratory assistant to the eminent physicist Henry Maartens. With no place to live, Rivers accepts lodgings with Dr. Maartens, his young daughter and beautiful wife, and soon becomes emotionally entangled within their family. His stay instigates a stream of events that forever alters both the character and future of the Maartens family and Rivers himself. Published in 1955'over twenty years after his critically acclaimed Brave New World'Aldous Huxley's The Genius and the Goddess is renowned for its skillful treatment of such themes as love, intellect, sexuality, religion and death. 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
  • "Plus récent que ##Le meilleur des mondes##, ce roman d'Aldous Huxley renoue avec le genre plus insouciant de ses premiers écrits. John Rivers, jeune assistant d'un physicien au génie inventif mais infantile de caractère, se prend d'une grande passion pour Katy, l'épouse du savant, déesse désinvolte mais vulnérable."
  • "Huxleyian philosophy is conveyed through a scientist's account of his first love affair."@en

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  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Love stories"
  • "Love stories"@en
  • "Tekstuitgave"
  • "Genres littéraires"
  • "Vertalingen (vorm)"
  • "Scripts"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Biography"
  • "Romans (teksten)"

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  • "Das Genie und die Göttin Roman"
  • "Het genie en de godin"
  • "The Genius and the goddess, by Aldous Huxley"
  • "The genius and the goddess a novel"@en
  • "O gênio e a deusa"@pt
  • "O gênio e a deusa"
  • "The genius and The goddess"
  • "O Gênio e a deusa. Tradução de João Guilherme Linke"
  • "Das Genie und die Göttin : Schauspiel in drei Akten"
  • "Le Génie et la déesse : roman"
  • "The genius and the Goddess"
  • "Geniet och gudinnan"
  • "Geniet och gudinnan"@sv
  • "Genij i boginja"
  • "O génio e a deusa"
  • "Das Genius und die Göttin : Roman"
  • "Das Genie und die Göttin; Roman"
  • "Le Génie et la déesse. Trad"
  • "The genius and the goddess : [a novel]"
  • "Le génie et la déesse : roman"
  • "The genius and the goddess : a novel"@en
  • "The genius and the goddess : a novel"
  • "Le Génie et la déesse : ["the Genius and the goddess"], roman traduit de l'anglais par Jules Castier"
  • "Das Genie und die Göttin : [Roman]"
  • "The Genius and the Goddess"
  • "Het genie en de godin : roman"
  • "The Genius and the Goddess A Novel"
  • "The genius and the goddess. : A novel"
  • "Geniul şi zeiţa"
  • "天才與女神"
  • "Il genio e la dea"@it
  • "Le genie et la deesse : roman. Trad. de l'anglais par jules castier"
  • "Das Genie und die Göttin = The genius and the goddess : Schauspiel in drei Akten"
  • "Geniusz i bogini"@pl
  • "Geniusz i bogini"
  • "The Genius and the doddess : a novel"
  • "Le genie et la deesse"
  • "Das Genie und die Göttin : Roman"
  • "Le Génie et la déesse ["The Genius and the goddess"] : roman traduit de l'anglais par Jules Castier"
  • "Das Genie und die Gottin; Roman"
  • "Geniul și zeița"
  • "Geniet og gudinden"@da
  • "Geniet og gudinden"
  • "Genius and the Goddess"@en
  • "Genius and the Goddess"
  • "Le génie et la déesse"
  • "Das Genie und die Göttin"
  • "Het Genie en de godin. (Vertaling: P. van Vliet.)"
  • "Tian cai yu nu shen"
  • "Il genio e la dea : romanzo"
  • "Il genio e la dea : romanzo"@it
  • "The Genius and the goddess"
  • "The Genius and the Goddess : [novel]"
  • "Le Génie et la déesse. Roman. Trad. de l'anglais"
  • "Le genie et la deesse roman. Trad. de l'anglais par jules castier"
  • "The Genius and the goddess ; and, Ape and essence"@en
  • "El genio y la diosa"
  • "El genio y la diosa"@es
  • "El Genio y la diosa"
  • "Le genie et la deesse : roman"
  • "The genius and the goddess"@en
  • "The genius and the goddess"
  • "The genius and the goddess ; Ape and essence : a novel"
  • "The genius and the goddess ; Ape and essence : a novel"@en
  • "Le génie et la déesse roman"
  • "The Genius and the goddes : a novel"
  • "Genius and the goddness : a novel"@en
  • "Geniet og gudinnen"
  • "Le Génie et la déesse"
  • "Tian cai yu nü shen"
  • "Geniet og gudinden / Omsl.: Steff Hartvig"@da

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