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"Huxley has never written a richer book." The Nation

Aldous Huxley's "Those Barren Leaves" is a sharply observed satire of the literary world and the complex relationships that intertwine within it. A brilliant exploration of authors, readers, and the intellectual class, this literary fiction delves into the often-farcical dynamics... Read Full Overview

Aldous Huxley's "Those Barren Leaves" is a sharply observed satire of the literary world and the complex relationships that intertwine within it. A brilliant exploration of authors, readers, and the intellectual class, this literary fiction delves into the often-farcical dynamics... Read Full Overview

A blistering, witty lampoon of privilege and pretension Aldous Huxley s Those Barren Leaves returns, restored and radiant. In this razor-sharp satirical fiction, Huxley dissects an insular circle of aesthetes, intellectuals, and social climbers whose lofty talk of art, philosophy,... Read Full Overview

Those Barren Leaves

Mrs. Aldwinkle, an English aristocrat of a certain age, has purchased a mansion in the Italian countryside. She wishes to bring a salon of intellectual luminaries into her orbit, and to that end she invites a strange cast of... Read Full Overview

"Those Barren Leaves" is a sophisticated and biting satirical novel that captures the intellectual landscape and moral uncertainty of the post-World War I era. Set in the lush surroundings of an Italian palace, the narrative follows a group of socialites and intellectuals... Read Full Overview

"Money brings no satisfaction if one has to work for it; for if one works for it one has no time to spend it."

-Aldous Huxley, Those Barren Leaves (1925)

Those Barren Leaves (1925) is a satirical novel by Aldous Huxley, the title of which comes from... Read Full Overview