Newest brave-new-world Questions - Literature Stack Exchange Q A for scholars and enthusiasts of literature Reading Brave New World it seemed obvious to me that Bernard Marx and Lenina Crowne are in some way referring to Marx and Lenin, but I couldn't figure out any clue to support this claim
Who are The Sixteen Sexophonists in Brave New World? In Brave New World, sky-signs feature the name of a band (?) called The Sixteen Sexophonists Is the word Sexophonists a play on words by the author, and if so, what is the joke?
In Brave New World, what caste is Lenina Crowne? In Brave New World, there is an extensive caste system However, Lenina's caste is never explicitly pointed out She is important to many of the male characters in the book, each belonging to a
In Huxleys Brave New World, what did these words mean Chinas was . . . With regard to the time period in the novel, he is saying the China's balance (equilibrium) was insecure Presumably, he's referring to a time closer to his own and this is not a historical reference to the 20th c a
What is a sixpenny hop in D. H. Lawrences Sons and Lovers? Graham Handley's annotated edition of Sons and Lovers simply explains that it is "a cheap dance" (page 93) ) Originally, admission to such dances must have cost exactly six pence, as this testimony claims, but it probably became a more general term for an inexclusive dance, far from a grand ball, where anyone who could muster a few coins coul
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