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Aldous Huxley's lifelong concern with the dichotomy between passion and reason finds its fullest expression both thematically and formally in his masterpiece Point Counter Point. By presenting a vision of life in which diverse aspects of experience are observed simultaneously,... Read Full Overview

Aldous Huxley, a literary luminary, presents a masterful exploration of human complexity in "Point Counter Point." Immerse yourself in a symphony of characters whose lives intertwine in a dance of intellectual fervor and emotional turbulence. Huxley's penetrating narrative delves... Read Full Overview

One of Huxley's masterpieces one of the Modern Library's 100 Best Works of the Century.

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY DAVID BRADSHAW

Point Counter Point is a novel that exposes the hypocrisy, conflicts, and passions of the British upper class in the interwar period. Through a large cast of characters, each representing a different point of view, Huxley explores the themes of individualism, conformity, intellect,... Read Full Overview

A brilliant social satire, it's also been called the Vanity Fair for the Twenties: the dilettantes who frequent Lady Tantamount's society parties engage in dazzling and witty conversations in these wickedly funny portraits of D.H. Lawrence, Katherine Mansfield, Ottoline Morrell... Read Full Overview