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Brave New World

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About the Novel

Introduction
A Brief Synopsis
List of Characters
Character Map

Chapter Summaries and Commentaries

Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18

Character Analyses

Bernard Marx
John the Savage
Lenina
Linda
The D.H.C.
Mustapha Mond
Helmholtz Watson

Critical Essays

Society and the Individual in Brave New World
Brave New World Revisited: Further Thoughts on the Future

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If you were stranded on a deserted island, which possible new world leader would you call for advice?

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Chapter 10

voluptuous    sexually attractive because of a full, shapely figure.

undulation    a swaying motion. Here, describing Linda’s sexually provocative entrance into the Fertilizing Room.

scatological    having to do with excrement or excretion.

obliquity     a turning aside from moral conduct or sound thinking.

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