Project Gutenberg 2019-10-13 Public domain in the USA. 315 Huxley, Aldous 1894 1963 Huxley, Aldous Leonard 44049700 Antic Hay Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antic_Hay Produced by Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Antic Hay" by Aldous Huxley is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around the main character, Theodore Gumbril Junior, a disenchanted schoolmaster whose existential musings and dissent against societal norms lead him to seek a new path in life. His reflections on the nature of existence, education, and personal ambition provide a satirical yet poignant critique of contemporary society. The opening of "Antic Hay" introduces us to Theodore Gumbril, who sits in a chapel, ruminating on the existence of God while attending to the sermon of Reverend Pelvey. Despite the solemnity surrounding him, Gumbril's thoughts drift to his own upbringing and the reality of his current life as a schoolmaster, which he finds unbearably tedious. The narrative captures his internal conflict as he grapples with profound philosophical questions amid the absurdities of his situation. Following the chapel scene, we glimpse his ambitions of creating "Gumbril's Patent Small-Clothes," an inflatable trouser design intended to provide comfort for sedentary individuals, revealing his desire to escape the mundanity of both his job and life in general. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 75.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Satire Intellectuals -- Fiction City and town life -- Fiction London (England) -- Fiction Black humor PR Text Category: Novels Category: British Literature 634403 2025-06-24T06:50:02.427128 text/html 616583 2024-10-17T14:11:01 text/html 418502 2025-06-24T06:50:11.758032 application/epub+zip 415096 2025-06-24T06:50:03.994101 application/epub+zip 325833 2025-06-24T06:50:03.190096 application/epub+zip 555286 2025-06-24T06:50:17.431110 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 520056 2025-06-24T06:50:10.889089 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 431145 2022-09-27T10:14:41.846671 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 560826 2025-06-24T06:50:01.215128 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 541027 2024-10-17T14:11:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17863 2025-06-24T06:50:17.584024 application/rdf+xml 12082 2025-06-24T06:50:03.302084 image/jpeg 2431 2025-06-24T06:50:03.245077 image/jpeg 369889 2025-06-24T06:50:02.485109 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia