Mortal Coils, Aldous Huxley
Mortal Coils, Aldous Huxley
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Mortal Coils

Author: Aldous Huxley

Narrator: Simon Vance

Unabridged: 4 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/01/2011


Synopsis

Mortal Coils is a collection of five pieces, which were written by Aldous Huxley in the 1920s. The first one, "The Giaconda Smile," is a short murder story. "Permutations among the Nightingales" is a play concerning amorous problems had by patrons of a certain establishment. "The Tillotson Banquet" tells of an old artist who was thought to be dead. "Green Tunnels" is about the boredom of a young girl on holiday with her family. "Nuns at Luncheon" is a story being told of a nun falling in love. The story mocks the writer's process, a concept Huxley used in his "Crome Yellow." Each story is read by the talented narrator, Simon Vance.

About Aldous Huxley

Aldous Leonard Huxley (1894–1963) was an English poet, novelist, dramatist, essayist, and humanist philosopher. He attended Eton and Oxford and briefly taught at Eton before devoting himself solely to writing. His fifth novel, Brave New World, is one of the most read books in literary history.

About Simon Vance

Simon Vance is an award-winning actor and an AudioFile Golden Voice with over fifty Earphones Awards and thirteen prestigious Audie Awards. He was named Booklist’s very first Voice of Choice in 2008 and an AudioFile Best Voice of 2009.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Dane on April 30, 2020

This little Penguin is a collection of five of Aldous Huxley’s short stories, and that made it a fascinating read for me because I’ve only ever read his iconic non-fiction before. It turns out that he’s just as good at writing fiction as he is as writing non-fiction. What’s interesting here is that i......more

Goodreads review by Ad Astra on May 21, 2015

I really enjoy Aldous Huxley. His literature takes me a while to piece together, because his descriptions and language don't read like modern text. Some of these stories have a very Lovecraftian vibe to them, which seems appropriate. These stories are pretty far removed from his Brave New World feel......more

Goodreads review by Govind on December 31, 2016

Classic Huxley......more