Brave New World

Aldous Huxley was born in Laleham, England on July 26, 1894 to a family with strong intellectual background. His father, Leonard Huxley, taught and later worked and wrote for a publishing firm. His mother , Julia Frances Arnold Huxley, founded a girls' school. Aldous attended Eton and specialized in biology intending to become a Doctor but suffered an illness that caused him to become blind . When one of his eyes recovered enough so that he could read with a magnifying glass he turned to English literature and philosophy at Oxford, taking a degree in 1915. He wrote novels,short stories,poetry and film strips .