Mortal Coils (1921) is a brilliant collection of five short fiction pieces by Aldous Huxley. Named after a line in Shakespeare's Hamlet, the book explores romantic disasters, social hypocrisy, and existential irony through biting wit and psychological depth.
Crome Yellow, Aldous Huxley's debut novel, satirizes the society of England's intellectual and political elite. In addition to its autobiographical content, the novel investigates such themes as spirituality, the nature and composition of art, and the fear of a dystopian future.
Five Masterpieces: Includes four short stories and one play ("The Gioconda Smile," "Permutations Among the Nightingales," "The Tillotson Banquet," "Green Tunnels," and "Nuns at Luncheon").