After many a summer dies the swan
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Published
Chicago : I.R. Dee, 1993.
Physical Desc
355 pages ; 21 cm.
Status
South Valleys Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION HUXLEY 1939
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FICTION HUXLEY 1939
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Published
Chicago : I.R. Dee, 1993.
Format
Book
Language
English
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General Note
Originally published: New York : London : Harper, 1939.
Description
Jo Stoyte, an unscrupulous and self-indulgent Hollywood tycoon, launches a search for the man who has discovered immortality.
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A comedic novel written by Aldous Huxley. Published in 1939 under the title After Many a Summer, the novel was republished under its current title later in the same year. Written soon after Huxley left England and settled in California, the novel is Huxley's examination of American culture, particularly what he saw as its narcissism, superficiality, and obsession with youth. The title is a line from Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poem "Tithonus," about a figure from Greek mythology to whom Zeus gave eternal life but not eternal youth. In Huxley's novel, California millionaire Jo Stoyte learns of an English nobleman who discovered a way to vastly extend the human life span. Stoyte travels to England and finds the nobleman still alive, but he has devolved into an apelike creature. Stoyte decides to extend his life regardless of the consequences.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Huxley, A. (1993). After many a summer dies the swan . I.R. Dee.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963. 1993. After Many a Summer Dies the Swan. I.R. Dee.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963. After Many a Summer Dies the Swan I.R. Dee, 1993.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Huxley, Aldous. After Many a Summer Dies the Swan I.R. Dee, 1993.
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