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An edition of Island (1962)

Island

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The final novel from Aldous Huxley, Island is a provocative counterpoint to his worldwide classic Brave New World, in which a flourishing, ideal society located on a remote Pacific island attracts the envy of the outside world.

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Publisher
Harper Perennial
Language
English
Pages
295

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Subjects

Fiction, Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, Journalists, Utopias, Islands, Survival, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Science fiction

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Oceania

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Cover of: Island
Island
2002, Perennial
in English - Perennial classic ed.
Cover of: Island
Island
July 1989, Harper Perennial
Paperback in English
Cover of: Island
Island
1968, Bantam Books
in English
Cover of: Island
Island
1963, Bantam Books
in English
Cover of: Island
Island: a novel.
1962, Harper
in English - [1st ed.]

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First Sentence

""ATTENTION," A VOICE BEGAN TO CALL, AND IT WAS AS THOUGH an oboe had suddenly become articulate."

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Number of pages
295
Dimensions
7 x 4.2 x 0.8 inches
Weight
5.6 ounces

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL9236952M
ISBN 10
006080985X
ISBN 13
9780060809850
LibraryThing
52358
Goodreads
854364

Work Identifiers

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OL64462W

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