We’d love your help. Start by marking “What Not: A Prophetic Comedy” as Want to Read: Error rating book. currency or language preferences), and display features, products and services (e.g. I had heard a lot about Rose Macaulay’s novel, What Not, as Handheld Press had decided to reprint it, and the notion of a novel that anticipated Brave New World from a female writer was one I definitely wanted to read. 11,46 €, 12,73 €
:), Emilie Rose Macaulay, whom Elizabeth Bowen called "one of the few writers of whom it may be said, she adorns our century," was born at Rugby, where her father was an assistant master. What Not is a biting satirical novel, that succeeds in its premise by drawing us in. Or maybe more feminine. 10,30 €, 8,55 € 9,50 €, 8,83 €
11,40 €, 11,06 € Her most famous novel, The Towers of Trebizond (1956), is famous for having brought many wavering Anglo-Catholics back to the Church. It really is- and the fact the world still seems so normal until you read the mind blowing paragraphs adds to its chilling quality! The story was a slow build to a lackluster conflict. The country is returning to normality after the First World War, and that is what struck me about the opening pages of this novel. I can see why this is enjoying a bit of a modern resurgence, given its obvious influence on Brave New World (a book I adore), and its prescient caution against eugenics decades before the Holocaust.
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The family r. Emilie Rose Macaulay, whom Elizabeth Bowen called "one of the few writers of whom it may be said, she adorns our century," was born at Rugby, where her father was an assistant master. This was not a bad book and it was actually quite easy and quick to read, but I KNEW I was missing context and that made it very frustrating. (Maybe because I read it in a HS English class, where I had the context expla, While reading this book, I felt almost as if I were reading something like, say, "The Great Gatsby" alone for the first time without a high school English teacher to hold my hand. It is no doubt an important piece of literature, and one that was very wittily written but unfortunately, it failed to add up to a very satisfying or enjoyable story for me. Less like 'Brave New World' (as billed), and much more like 'Chrome Yellow'. People are certificated according to their intelligence, and a new Ministry – The Ministry of Brains has been established. You may find it for free on the web. I’ve given 5 stars as it was such an enjoyable book to read. 11,40 €, 9,26 €
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Interesting but I found it not too easy to read. This is further complicated by the fact that if anyone in your family has mental disabilities, you are categorised as Uncertificated, and are forbidden to marry or have children.
16,00 €, 7,53 € It is rooted in reality, and that is what for me, made its tone even more sinister. Knowing as we do that the world will see a Second World War, I wondered how the Ministry of Brains would react to another situation that was out of their control and what more extreme measures they would strive to put into place afterwards.