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EPISODE · Nov 25, 2025 · 1H 51M

Episode 304: Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World" Ch. 14-End

from The Literary Life Podcast · host Angelina Stanford Thomas Banks

Today on The Literary Life podcast, Angelina, Thomas, and Ella cover the final chapters of Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. They begin the conversation considering the ending of the story and mistakes readers may make in thinking it is a despairing ending. Angelina asks the question "how does Huxley tell us to interpret the ending?" They also dig deeper into the rest of the last few chapters, including more instances of parody, religion and self-denial, and so much symbolism! Be sure to head over to our website at https://theliterary.life/304 to check out all the links and additional information in the show notes for today's episode. 

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