My favorite dystopia. The personal perspective

Very interesting look at the future. Though for the most part the future pictured here is somber, there does seem to be a little hope, too.

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Brave New World is the story of a world that has come to be after the "nine years war." In this world, individuality is no longer welcomed. Humans are no longer born in the traditional sense of the world. They are grown. Mankind has been reduced down to genetic manipulation and is created on an assembly line.

Mankind comes in various ranks. There are the best of the best, golden and chiseled, and there are the worst of the worst, the fetuses who are injected with alcohol while they are growing. Whether the best or the worst, each person serves a very specific function to the new society. God has become nothing but a myth that society mocks and laugh at. God has, in fact, become replaced with the term "Ford".

What a terrifying glimpse into the future...more frigtening by the fact that when compared to its contemporaries: it's positiviely optimistic in outlook. What a bleak and yet staggaringly realistic glimpse into a world of plastic surgury and reccreational drugs. Fascinating, and more relevant now than when it was written!

This is a great work of dystopian fiction. Huxley presents some really pinpointed and accurate critiques of modern society all while maintaining an aura of almost perverse wonder. Plus, the ending still jars me every time I read it.

I actually thought it read almost like a more modern novel. I'd say it's above Emma but below Northanger Abbey. Perhaps equal with Persuasion. Pride and Prejudice, of course, reigns supreme.

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The story revolves around the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne. Whereas the former is a sensible, rational creature, her younger sister is wildly romantic--a characteristic that offers Austen plenty of scope for both satire and compassion. Commenting on Edward Ferrars, a potential suitor for Elinor's hand, Marianne admits that while she "loves him tenderly," she finds him disappointing as a possible lover for her sister.

Soon however, Marianne meets a man who measures up to her ideal: Mr. Willoughby, a new neighbor. So swept away by passion is Marianne that her behavior begins to border on the scandalous. Then Willoughby abandons her; meanwhile, Elinor's growing affection for Edward suffers a check when he admits he is secretly engaged to a childhood sweetheart. How each of the sisters reacts to their romantic misfortunes, and the lessons they draw before coming finally to the requisite happy ending forms the heart of the novel. Though Marianne's disregard for social conventions and willingness to consider the world well-lost for love may appeal to modern readers, it is Elinor whom Austen herself most evidently admired; a truly happy marriage, she shows us, exists only where sense and sensibility meet and mix in proper measure.

Elinor is almost my favourite of Austen's heroines - beated only by Elizabeth because Edward is a bit of a wimp. Nevertheless, this is a fun book, that draws you in.

The first time I read EMMA I must admit that I found it the least interesting of Jane Austen's novels. However, I found it far more enjoyable the second time around. In places I still felt it dragged and was a little dull, but this time I was able to enjoy the characters a lot more. But what I enjoy most about Austen is her wit, sarcasm, and the irony in her stories. Most enjoyable!

But PRIDE & PREJUDICE is still my favourite.