Record Number: 25650
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Had Aldous Huxley been as richly endowed with imagination as with intellectual penetration, his "Brave New World" might have been a truly creative challenge to our machine age. But, lacking the moral indignation and the humanising solicitude of Swift, he fails in his Savage to create a real sponsor for humanity. And the superficiality of his philosophy is shown in the last scene.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Until: 19 Jan 1936
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:city: Perth
specific address: 27 Wilson Street
location in dwelling: in bed
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:28 Apr 1898
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:poet
Religion:atheist
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:Scotland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Brave New World
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:25650
Source:William Soutar
Editor:Alexander Scott
Title:Diaries of a dying man
Place of Publication:Edinburgh
Date of Publication:1954
Vol:n/a
Page:95
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
William Soutar, Alexander Scott (ed.), Diaries of a dying man, (Edinburgh, 1954), p. 95, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=25650, accessed: 06 October 2024
Additional Comments:
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