Summary and Analysis of Brave New World

World was widely panned by critics at the time. Its vision of dystopian London was perhaps too far ahead of its time, or perhaps its subject matter was overshadowed by the worldwide depression and the rise of fascism in Germany. However, the book increasingly resonated with readers, and is now taught as one of literature’s great novels in schools and universities across the Western world. It is also one of the world’s most banned books because of the its depiction of sexual promiscuity and drug use as a tool for maintaining societal “happiness,” and for the “false” perception of its being both anti-family and anti-religion. It ranks today among the great dystopian novels, frequently compared with George Orwell’s 1984. It appears on Modern Library’s list of the 100 Best English