About this Book

This collection of Huxley stories contains 'After the Fireworks' which is the length of a short novel and deals with the predicament of a well-known writer who finds himself approached as an oldish man, by an importunate female admirer who aspires at all costs to be his mistress. Three more stories -- 'Chawdron', 'The Rest Cure' and 'The Claxtons' complete the volume. The Rest Cure paints a grim picture of a scientifically organized utopia. The nuclear family is up for scrutiny in the 1929 short story "The Claxtons," particularly of the privileged, overeducated, and idle variety.