Jonah

Jonah

by Aldous Huxley

Jonah is a collection of twelve poems (four of which are written in French) by Aldous Huxley. It was published in 1917, when Huxley was just 23 years old. The poems in Jonah are characterized by their use of free verse, imagism, and symbolism. They explore themes of religion, existentialism, nature, love, and loss.

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Huxley was born in Godalming, Surrey, England, in 1894. He was the third son of the writer and schoolmaster Leonard Huxley, who edited Cornhill Magazine. As a child, Huxley's nickname was "Ogie", shor...

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