Tuesday, February 19, 2019

A very interesting day

Peter Wood (who is very interested in Huxley) came to visit yesterday. He flew in from New Jersey. Jim and Peter had a lot to talk about and he gave Jim this very special present, a first edition of "The Olive Tree" written by Huxley and this copy dedicated by Huxley to Paulette Goddard (an actress and Charlie Chaplin's wife). Jim was thrilled to get it!  We all had a good time.





PAULETTE GODDARD & ALDOUS HUXLEY

She met the writer and philosopher during her marriage to Charles Chaplin , probably around 1937 (the year when Huxley and his wife left the United Kingdom for Hollywood where he became a screenwriter). He would speak many times of how lovely Paulette was with him. 
In 1945, they worked together, along with Bénédict Bogeaus and Burgess Meredithon a proposed film adaptation of his most well-known book, Brave new world(published in 1932). Paulette was to play the main role alongside Burgess; however, the film never saw the light of day. Huxley is the author of over forty books including novels and essays, such as : After many a summerEnds and means, The Devils of Loudun, and Island ! Huxley, one of the greatest English authors, died the same day President John Fitzgerald Kennedy was assassinated.