Literature Network » Aldous Huxley

Not quite clever enough?

Content courtesy of

From: The Spectator
Date: 20020316
Author:Hensher, Philip

Not quite clever enough?

Philip Hensher ALDOUS HUXLEY by Nicholas Murray Time Warner Books, 220, pp. 416, ISBN 0316854921

Every English intellectual of the 1920s read Proust, of course, but only one, I think, is actually complimented in the course of A La Recherche du Temps Perdu. At one of his most celebrated moments, as the narrator walks into the Princesse de Guermantes' party in Sodome et Gomorrhe, Proust finds time not just for a brilliantly funny digression about T. H. Huxley, but to remind us that Huxley's 'nephew' [sic] 'occupies a leading position among the English writers of ...

Read the rest of this article with a Free Trial at HighBeam Research.

Other Articles on Aldous Huxley

About Our Articles: We've partnered with Highbeam Research to provide these article excerpts for your research needs. However, due to copyright laws, we cannot publish the whole article. To view these articles in full length you'll need to use the link above to access the free trial at Highbeam.