In his sardonic, incisive portrait of a company gathered in an Italian palace by the socially ambitious and self-described art enthusiast, Mrs. Aldwinkle, Aldous Huxley spares no one. Mrs. Aldwinkle longs to recreate the splendours of the Italian Renaissance in this setting, but her visitors ultimately fall short of her foolish hopes. She is accompanied by a beleaguered poet and reluctant editor of the "Rabbit Fanciers' Gazette," who silently endures the widowed Mrs. Aldwinkle's desperate advances; a well-known novelist who meticulously documents her liaison with another guest, the lusty Calamy, for upcoming literary projects; and an ageing sensualist philosopher who pursues a wealthy but mentally disabled heiress.

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• Literature & FictionClassicsHumour
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