When: 1932 in Ireland, 1964-present in the U.S. As an Amazon Associate, How Long to Read earns from qualifying purchases.Figure 1: One English Edition of the Book Cover
The average reader, reading at a speed of 300 WPM, would take 4 hours and 10 minutes to read Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. It has landed on the American Library Association list of top 100 banned and challenged books of the decade since the association began the list in 1990. Is Brave New World banned in America?ĭespite this, Brave New World has frequently been banned and challenged since its original publication. The book was challenged as required reading in the Corona-Norco, Calif., Unified School District in 1993 because it “centered around negative activity”. Why is Brave New World a banned book?īrave New World, by Aldous Huxley – Schools in Miller, Mo., banned “Brave New World” in 1980 because of its characters’ acceptance of promiscuous sex. It’s certainly a book I won’t forget, and I would recommend it to readers aged fourteen and over as the ideas presented are complex, and Huxley writes in a very adult-like manner, with exceedingly complicated sentences and very complex vocabulary. Can kids watch Brave New World?īrave New World carries an 18SN age restriction, with The Guardian suggesting that it should have been renamed Brave Nude World and adding, “Not since Game of Thrones have I seen so many nude scenes so happily, lavishly and gratuitously staged for our viewing pleasure.” Is Brave New World suitable for 13 year olds?
Is Brave New World scary?īrave New World has been adapted into a TV series for the upcoming streaming service Peacock, and the showrunner and cast all agree - even though Brave New World’s futuristic society seems utopian on the surface, it’s actually much scarier and more relevant than Nineteen Eighty-Four’s.
Just bear in mind that it can be at times challenging to read. Is Brave New World a long book? Should students read Brave New World?Īll in all,Brave New World is one of the most important pieces in modern literature and deserves to be read by bookworms and non-bookworms alike.
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