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He wrote nearly fifty books both novels and nonfiction worksas well as wideranging essays, narratives, and poems born into the prominent huxley family, he graduated from balliol college, oxford with an undergraduate degree in english literature. Aldous leonard huxley 26 july 1894 22 november 1963 was an english writer and. It is the witty story of a house party at crome where there is a gathering of bright young things. Collected short stories by aldous huxley overdrive rakuten. Early in his career huxley edited the magazine oxford poetry, and published short stories and poetry. Aldous huxley books list of books by author aldous huxley. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Aldous huxley the complete works of aldous huxley a.
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