Eyeless in Gaza
by Aldous Huxley
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- Aldous Huxley (Censorship (Ready Reference series))
- Aldous Huxley (Cyclopedia of World Authors, Fourth Revised Edition)
- Aldous Huxley (Dictionary of World Biography: The 20th Century)
- Aldous Huxley (Critical Survey of Long Fiction, Fourth Edition)
- Aldous Huxley (Critical Survey of Short Fiction, Second Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Aldous Huxley
- First Published: 1936
- Type of Work: Social realism
- Time of Work: 1902-1935
- Setting: London, southern France, and Mexico
- Characters: Anthony Beavis, Helen Ledwidge (nee Amberley), Mark Staithes, Brian Foxe, Mary Amberley, Ekki Giesebrecht
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism, Novel
- Subjects: Freedom, Self-discovery, Philosophy or philosophers, France or French people, Sex or sexuality, Autobiography, Friendship, Class consciousness, 1910's, 1920's, 1930's, London, Mexico or Mexicans, Sociology, Pacifism
- Locales: France, Europe, Mexico, London, England, Central America and West Indies, United Kingdom
The Novel
Eyeless in Gaza revolves around the lives of a small group of the English upper middle classes, during a period of more than thirty years. The narrative falls into five distinct time periods: 1902 to 1904, 1914, 1926 to 1928, August, 1933, to February, 1934, and April, 1934, to 1935. A few chapters take place in 1912 and 1931. The narrative does not proceed chronologically, however, but continually jumps backward and forward. Chapter 1 takes place in August, 1933, but the next chapter jumps to 1934. Chapter 3 returns to 1933, and the two subsequent chapters take place...
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