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hluska on Oct 3, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Huxley vs. Orwell: Infinite Distraction Or Governm...

Aldous Huxley taught Eric Blair (George Orwell) at Eton. Perhaps most interesting, George Orwell achieved success before Huxley and wrote some rather scathing things about Brave New World!

omarchowdhury on Oct 3, 2012 [–]

Link, good sir!

typicalrunt on Oct 3, 2012 | [–]

A quick Wikipedia search on "George Orwell" will provide you with evidence that Huxley was Orwell's teacher.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Orwell

http://www.lettersofnote.com/2012/03/1984-v-brave-new-world....

That wasn't too hard.

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