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Aldous Huxley: The Genius & the Goddess. 1955, London

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Aldous Huxley: The Genius & the Goddess. 1955, London

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The Genius And The Goddess by Huxley, Aldous

Published: 1955 London by Chatto & Windus.

A lost novella from Brave New World author Aldous Huxley. The Genius and the Goddess is the story of a brilliant physicist, his beautiful wife, and the young man who tears their world apart.

128 pp. Used Hardcover Publisher boards with dustjacket, Mylar protected.

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